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The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.

Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.

Peripteral.

The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aëroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.

A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana, and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark colored, usually black. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.

Having the shadow moving all around.

Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.

A general or comprehensive view. [R.]

Viewing all around, or on all sides. Periscopic spectacles (Opt.), spectacles having concavo-convex or convexo-concave lenses with a considerable curvature corresponding to that of the eye, to increase the distinctness of objects viewed obliquely.

; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17. Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke.

Perishableness.

Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.

The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke.

In a perishable degree or manner.

The act of perishing. [R.] Udall.

Same as Perisome.

The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. -- Per`i*sper"mic, a.