perditionable 
perditionable (per-dish'on-a-bl), a. [< pinli- 
tion + -able.'] Fitted for or worthy of perdi- 
tion. li.Pollok. (Imp. Diet.) 
PerdiX (pir'diks), H. [NL. (Brisson, 1760), < 
L. perdix, < Gr. irep8i%, a partridge: see par- 
tridge."] 1. Partridges proper, the typical ge- 
nus of Per/Utilise, formerly more than conter- 
minous with the Perdicins!, now restricted to a 
few species like the common European par- 
tridge, P. cinerea. See cut under partridge. 
2. A genus of gastropods, now referred to Do- 
Mum. Montfort, 1810. 
perdreaut, n. [OF. perdreau, also perdriel, per- 
drial, a military engine for throwing stones, 
later also a mortar, prop, a partridge, contr. of 
perdriseau, dim. ofperdrix, partridge : see par- 
tridge.] A bombshell of small size, such as 
was commonly used as a hand-grenade. Ar- 
chxol. Inst. Jour., XXIII. 222. 
perdue, perdu (per-du'), a. and n. [< P. perdu 
(= Sp. perdido = It. perduto, < LL. *perdutus, 
L. perditus), pp. of perdre, lose, < L. perdere, 
destroy, lose : see perdition.] I. a. 1. Lost to 
sight; hidden; in concealment; in ambush. 
Bridget stood perdue within, with her finger and thumb 
upon the latch. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ix. 16. 
Perdue he couched, counted out hour by hour 
Till he should spy in the east a signal streak 
Night had been, morrow was, triumph would be. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 138. 
2. Being on a forlorn hope ; sent on a desperate 
enterprise. 
I send out this letter, as a sentinel perdue ; if it find 
you, it comes to tell you that I was possessed with a 
fever. Donne, Letters, ciii. 
II. . 1. A soldier serving on a forlorn hope 
(in French enfant perdu); a person in des- 
perate case. 
I am set here, like a perdu, 
To watch a fellow that has wrong'd my mistress 
A scurvy fellow that must pass this way. 
Beau, and Fl., Little French Lawyer, ii. 3. 
Another night would tire a perdu, 
More than a wet furrow, and a great frost. 
Sir W. Davenant, Love and Honour, v. 1. 
Was this a face 
To be opposed against the warring winds? 
. . . to watch poor perdu I 
With this thin helm? Shale., Lear, iv. 7. 35. 
2. One who is morally lost or abandoned. 
Drunkards, spew'd out of taverns into th' sinks 
Of tap-houses and stews, revolts from manhood, 
Debauch'd perdus. Chapman, Widow's Tears, ii. 1. 
3. In cookery, something concealed or ambus- 
caded: same as surprise. 
Let the corporall 
Come sweating in a breast of mutton, stuffd 
With pudding, or strut in some aged carpe ; 
Either doth serve, I think. As for perdues, 
Some choice sous'd fish brought couchant in a dish 
Among some fennell, or some other grasse, 
Shews how they lie i' th' field. 
W. Cartwright, The Ordinary. (Nam.) 
perduellt, . [< L. perduellis, a public enemy, < 
per, through, + duellum, bellum, war: see duel.] 
A public enemy. Minslieu. 
perduellion (per-du-el'ion), n. [< L. perduel- 
lio(n-), treason, overt hostility against one's 
country, < perduellis, a public enemy : see per- 
dnell.] In the civil law, treason, 
perduellismt (per-du' el-izm), n. [< perduell + 
4sm.] Same as perduellion. 
perduloust (per'du-lus), a. [Irreg. < F. perdu. 
lost, or < L. perdere, destroy, lose, + -ul-ous.] 
Lost ; thrown away. 
Some wandering perdulous wishes of known impossibil- 
ities. Abp. BramhaU, Against Hobbes. 
perdurability (per'du-ra-bil'i-ti), n. [< ME. 
perdurabilyte, perdurablete, < OF. perdurablete 
= It. perdurabilita, < ML. *perdurabilita(t-)s, < 
'perdurabilis, perdurable : see perdurable.] The 
quality of being perdurable ; prolonged dura- 
bleness; everlastmgness. 
His deth is conuerted in to perdurabilyte of lyf. 
Holy Rood (ed. Morris), p. 161. 
But yow men semeth to geten yow a perdurablete whan 
ye thinken that in tyme to comynge youre fame shal 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. prose 7. 
Mr. Fiske believes in the soul and in its perdurability. 
Presbyterian Rev., April, 1886, p. 401. 
perdurable (per'du-ra-bl), a. [< ME. perdura- 
ble, < OF. perdurablej'pardurabk, F. perdurable 
= Pr. Sp. perdurable = Pg. perduravel = It. per- 
durabile, < ML. ''perdurabilis, lasting, < L. per- 
durare, last, hold out: seeperdure.] Lasting; 
continuing long; everlasting; imperishable. 
Whan ludas herde hyiu he cursed the deuyll and said 
to him Ihesu cryst dampne the in fyre perdurable. 
Holy Rood (ed. Morris), p. 158. 
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Certes, the sighte of God is the lyf perdurable. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Cables of perdurable toughness. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 343. 
We shall be able to discover that the body is scarce an 
essential part of man, and that the material and perishing 
substance can never comprehend what is immaterial and 
perdurable. Evelyn, True Religion, I. 248. 
True being is one, unchangeable and perdurable. 
Adamaon, Fichte, p. 208. 
perdurablelyt, adv. A Middle English form of 
perdurably. 
Thilke same symple forme of man that is perdurablely in 
the dyvyne thoght. Chaucer, Bosthius, v. prose 4. 
perdurabletyt, An old form of perdurability. 
perdurably (per'du-ra-bli), adv. [< ME. per- 
durablcly, perdurabilly; < perdurable + -fy 2 .] In 
a perdurable manner; lastingly; everlastingly. 
Where regneth the Fader and the Sone, lo ! 
And the Holy Gost in heuyns lull hy, 
And Shall for euer perdurabilly. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L 6496. 
Why would he, for the momentary trick, 
'Re perdurably fined? Shak., M. forM., Hi. 1. 115. 
Two things, perhaps, retain their freshness more per- 
durably than the rest the return of Spring, and the more 
poignant utterances of the poets. Lowell, Wordsworth. 
perdurance (per-du'rans), n. [= It. perduranza, 
< L. perduran(t-)s, ppr. of perdurare, endure, 
continue: see perdure.] Same as perduration. 
Thyne eternal! contynuance shall bee muche more ex- 
cellente and much farre aboue theperduraunce of beau ens, 
or of the earth. 
Bp. Fisher, Seven Penitential Psalms, cxxxiv. 2. 
perduration (per-du-ra'shon), n. [= Pg. per- 
duraeSo, < L. as if *perduratio(n-), < perdurare, 
pp. perduratus, endure, continue : see perdure.] 
Long continuance. 
perdure (per-dur'), v. i.; pret. and pp. perdured, 
ppT.jierduring. [= OF. perdurer, pardurer = It. 
perdurare, < L. perdurare, last, hold out, endure, 
continue, LL. also make hard, (.per, through, + 
durare, last, also make hard : see (lure. Cf . en- 
dure.] To last for all time or for a very long 
time ; endure or continue long, or forever. 
But themind^erdt(r8whileitsenergizing may construct 
a thousand lines. Hickok, Mental Philos. (1864), p. 76. 
perdyt, inter j. Seepardy. 
pere't, . A Middle English form of pearl. 
pere 2 t, '. ' A Middle English form of peerl. 
pere 3 t, " A Middle English form of peer 2 . 
peregalt (per'e-gal), a. and n. Same as pare- 
gal. 
peregratet, v. t. See peragrate. 
peregrint, o. and n. A Middle English form of 
peregrine. 
peregrinate (per'e-gri-nat), . . ; pret. and pp. 
peregrinated, ppr. peregrinating. K L. peregri- 
natus, pp. of peregrinari, travel (> It. peregri- 
nare, pellegrinare = Sp. Pg. peregrinar = F. pe- 
regriner), < peregrinm, foreign: see peregrine.'] 
1. To travel from place to place, or from one 
country to another. 2f. To sojourn or live in 
a foreign country. Bailey. 
peregrinate (per'e-gri-nat), . [< L. peregri- 
natuSj pp. of peregrinari : see peregrinate, v.] 
Foreign ; traveled ; of foreign birth or manners. 
[Obsolete or archaic.] 
He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it 
were, too peregrinate. Shak., L. L. L., v. 1. 15. 
I perceive too that there is something outlandish, pere- 
grinate, and lawless about me. 
Bulmer, Caxtons, xviii. 2. (Daviei.) 
peregrination (per"e-gri-na'shpn), n. [= OF. 
peregrination, P. peregrination = Sp. peregrina- 
tion = Pr. peregrinacio, pelegrinado = Pg. pere- 
grinaqito = It. peregrinazione, pellegrina:ione, 
< L. peregrinatio(n~), < peregrinari, pp. peregri- 
natus, travel: see peregrinate, v.] A traveling 
from one country or place to another ; a roam- 
ing or wandering about in general ; travel ; pil- 
grimage. 
Through all the journey and peregrination of human 
life, there is matter and occasion offered of contemplation. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, x., Expl. 
A peregrination is this life ; and what passenger is so be- 
sotted with the pleasures of the way that he forgets the 
place whither he is to go? 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 363. 
The story of my dangers and peregrination. 
R. Peeke (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 623). 
peregrinator (per'e-gri-na-tor), n. [= F. pere- 
gr!nateur = Pg.peregrinador=It.peregrinatore, 
< L. peregrinator, < peregrinari, pp. peregrina- 
tus, travel: see peregrinate, v.] One who pere- 
grinates, travels, or wanders about from place 
to place ; a traveler. 
He makes himself a great peregrinator to satisfy his cu- 
riosity or improve his knowledge. 
Camubon, Credulity, p. 66. 
perelle 
peregrine (per'e-grin), a. and n. [< ME. pere- 
grin, peregryn, "foreign, < OF. peregrin (also 
"pelegrin, peterin.) ult. E. pilgrim, q. v.), F. 
peregrine = Sp. Pg. percgrino = It. peregrine, 
pellegrino, foreign (ML. peregrina falco, OF. 
faulcon peregrine, a peregrine falcon), < L. pere- 
grinuH, foreign, as a noun a foreigner, stranger, 
< pereger, being abroad or in foreign parts, lit. 
passing through a laud, < per, through, + ager, 
field, land: see per and acre. ] I. a. 1. Foreign; 
not native. 
Your Lordship is such a frend of nonelties as always 
you aske me histories so straunge and peregrine that my 
wittes may not in any wise but needes go on pilgrimage. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 165. 
The third class includes the whole army of peregrine 
martyrs. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 12. 
2. Migratory, as a bird ; coming from foreign 
parts; roving or wandering : specifically noting 
a kind of falcon, Falco peregrinus. 
A f aucon peregryn than semed she 
Of fremde lond. Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 420. 
3. In astral., not exerting a strong influence; 
void of essential dignities. 
A planet is not reckoned peregrine that is in mutual re- 
ception with any other. 
W. Lilly, Introd. to Astrol., App., p. 344. 
II. n. 1. A foreign sojourner or resident in 
any state ; a resident or subject not in posses- 
sion of civil rights. 
Until Caracalla's general grant of the franchise, the 
greater proportion of her [Rome's] provincial subjects were 
also spoken of as peregrins. Encye. Brit., XX 687, note. 
2. The peregrine falcon, Falco peregrin UK. The 
original implication of the term in falconry is not retained 
in ornithology, and the name is extended to the group of 
falcons resembling the European peregrine, representa- 
tives of which are found in most parts of the world. They 
are true falcons of large size and great spirit. The Ameri- 
can peregrine, commonly called the duck-hawk (Falco ana- 
tum\ is a different variety from the European, and there 
are several other geographical races of peregrines. See fal- 
con, and cut under duck-hawk. 
Brave birds they were, whose quick-self-lessning kin 
Still won the girlonds from the peregrin. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 23. (HalKwell.) 
Thou shalt see 
My grayhounds fleeting like a beam of light, 
And hear my peregrine and her bells in heaven. 
Tennyson, Harold, i. 2. 
peregrinity (per- f- grin 'j-ti), n. [< F. pere- 
grinite = Sp. peregrinidad = Pg. peregrinidade 
= It. peregrinitd, pellegrinitd, < L. peregrini- 
ta(t-)s, condition of a foreigner, < peregrinus, 
foreign: see peregrine.] 1. Strangeness; for- 
eignness. [Rare.] 
"These people, sir, that Gerrard talks of, may have some- 
what of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has 
augmented to a different language." I asked him [John- 
son] if peregrinity was an English word. He laughed, and 
said, "No. ' I told him this was the second time I had 
heard him coin a word. BosweU, Johnson (1835), IV. 136. 
2. Wandering; travel; journey; sojourn. 
A new removal, what we call " his third peregrinity," 
had to be decided on. Carlyle, Sterling, ii. 6. 
peregrinoid (per'e-gri-noid), a. [<peregrine + 
-oid.] Resembling a peregrine: specifically 
noting an African falcon, Falco minor. 
pereion (pe-ri'on), w. ; pi. pereia (-a). [NL., 
irreg. < Gr. ireptiuv, ppr. of mputvat, go about, 
< irepi, around, about, + ttvat, go.] In Crus- 
tacea, the thorax : dis- 
tinguished from cepJia- 
lon (head) and pleon 
(abdomen). C. Spence 
Rate, Encyc. Brit., VI. 
634. 
pereiopod (pe-ri'o- 
pod), . [< NL. perei- 
on + Gr. voiif (Trorf-) = 
E. foot.] An appen- 
dage of the pereion; 
one of the true thora- 
cic limbs or legs of a 
crustacean. They are 
the typical ambulatory or 
walking members (though 
they may be modified for 
swimming or for prehen- 
sion), intervening between 
the maxillipedsorfookjaws 
and the pleopods or abdom- 
inal limbs, which latter are usually natatory. 
pereiopodite (per-i-op'o-dit), n. [< pereiopod 
+ -ite*.] Same as pereiopod. 
perelle 1 t, An obsolete form of pearl. 
perelle 2 (pe-rel'), n. [< ML. parella, the spe- 
cific name of the lichen.] In bot., a substance 
obtained from a lichen, Lecammi pun-Ua. much 
used in the preparation of a red or crimson dye. 
The name is also loosely and incorrectly given 
Pereion and Pleon of Munidop. 
a, pereion, bearing five pairs of 
pereiopods ; b, pleon ; c, modified 
pleopods, forming the tail-fin. 
