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isk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26. Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak.

A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. Milton.

The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph.

Peril. [Obs.] Shak.

To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.

To bring into peril; to endanger.

The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

In a slippery manner.

all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

o the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.] Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. Shak.

Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] He was in great adventure of his life. Berners.

ventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

ent of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

ge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

Beset; put in peril. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To put in peril; to beset.