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; 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.

Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.

The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.

Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.

Imperishable.

Imperishably.

Somewhat like a viper; viperous.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.

ng maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

ke her. Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.

Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

f by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. Shak.

f capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

Perishable goods. Bouvier.