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Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. Kent.

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

One who patches or botches. Foxe.

Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. [R.] Shak.

One who peaches. [Low] Foxe.

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

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

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

See Peripheral.

The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

Exactly spherical; globular.

The wart hog.

One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18.

One versed or skilled in phonography.

One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography.

A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.

Of or pertaining to the photosphere.

The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin. -- Pho`to*the*rap"ic (#), Pho`to*ther`a*peu"tic (#), a.

Of or pertaining to both light and heat.