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By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.

One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs.

One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

A salt of perchloric acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.

Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.

Pertaining to the Perciformes.

An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the sparoids (Sparidæ); the serranoids (Serranidæ), and some other related families.

The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning.

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Bentley. -- n.

Same as Parclose.

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidæ. -- n.

Same as Perciformes.

To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

One who, or that which, filters. "[Tissues] act as percolators." Henfrey.

A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.

Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.