Perch
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

2. (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

3. (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

4. (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

5. (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

6. (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.

7. (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

8. (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

9. (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

10. (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

Greek
2682. kataskenosis -- a lodging
... nest. From kataskenoo; an encamping, ie (figuratively) a perch -- nest. see GREEK
kataskenoo. (kataskenoseis) -- 2 Occurrences. 2681, 2682. ...
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Known by their Fruits.
... shoulder. It is a serious question for you and me, for preacher and people,
does the White Dove perch on my shoulder as I preach? ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xliii known by their.htm

The Evil and Its Remedy
... history of birds, and yet he had learned all he knew in his study, and had never
so much as seen a bird either flying through the air or sitting upon its perch ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the evil and its remedy.htm

The Exile at Cucusus
... BOOK VI CHAPTER LXVII THE EXILE AT CUCUSUS. 'Dirotti brevemente'"mi rispose, Perch'
io non temo di venir qua entro; Temer si dee di sole quelle cose. ...
/.../chapter lxvii the exile at.htm

Father and Judge
... Thus, 'without respect of persons,' great men and little, rich men and poor, educated
men and illiterate, people that perch themselves on their little stools ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/father and judge.htm

Of a Holy Brother to whom the Mother of Christ Appeared when He ...
... of contemplation in a notable degree; and often when he was ravished and raised
above the earth in ecstasy, all kinds of birds used to come and perch on his ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xlvii of a holy.htm

The Sermon on the Mount.
... A serpent might resemble an eel or a perch, but if given it would be both deceptive
and injurious. We often misunderstand God's answer thus. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlii the sermon on the 8.htm

For an Infant School.
... The winds that blow"God sends them all. The beasts that graze with downward eye,.
The birds that perch, and sing, and fly,. The fishes swimming in the sea,. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cccxlii for an infant.htm

Whit Sunday
... Fountain of Sweets! Eternal Dove! Which leav'st Thy glorious perch above,. And
hovering down, vouchsafest thus. To make Thy nest below with Us. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxlv whit sunday.htm

Song to David
... For Adoration, in the dome. Of CHRIST, the sparrows find a home; And on His olives
perch: "The swallow also dwells with thee,. O man of GOD's humility,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cciv song to david.htm

The Triumph of Faith
... Note the refuge of tempted faith. What was Hezekiah to do with the crafty missive?
It was hoped that he would listen to reason, and come down from his perch. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the triumph of faith.htm

Thesaurus
Perch (2 Occurrences)
... n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of
the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens ...
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Roost (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. ... 5. (vi)
To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. ...
/r/roost.htm - 8k

Rod (138 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) An instrument for measuring. 7. (n.) A measure of length containing
sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. Int. ...
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Perchance (5 Occurrences)

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Perception (1 Occurrence)

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Pole (21 Occurrences)
... (c) A Maypole. 3. (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/
yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch. ...
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Block (22 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. 9. (vt) Any obstruction, or cause
of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way. ...
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Bat (2 Occurrences)
... They commonly pick the fruit and eat it on some distant perch beneath which
the seeds and the ordure of these animals are scattered. ...
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Sit (216 Occurrences)
... chair, or on the ground. 3. (vt) To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up,
as birds do on a branch, pole, etc. 4. (vt) To remain in ...
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Dove (27 Occurrences)
... would return to its mate. But the raven only flew over the water and returned
to perch on the ark. This was not satisfactory, so ...
/d/dove.htm - 28k

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Concordance
Perch (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:32
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
(See NIV)

Mark 4:32
yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
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Perch

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