perjuration 
-jo-ra'shon), . 
[< Lib. 'per- perk't, i'. An obsolete form 
ejerarc, perk 2 (perk), a. [< W. perc, neat, trim, smart; 
Perjury i Foxe. cf. percus, smart; cf. i>ert l , which is in part a 
permanency 
of Perlidx, having the abdomen robust, bise- 
tigerous, and the wings short in the male. The 
species are few. P. bicaudata, a British species, appears 
in April, and is known to anglers as the stone-fly. 
jurer, 
jurar = 
pejerare, swear raiseiy ic_ . 
breaks his oath), < per, through, + jurare. 
swear: see jury. ] I. intrans. To swear falsely ; 
be false to oaths or vows ; bear false witness. 
See the bare-faced villain, how he cheats, lies, perjures, 
robs, murders I Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 17. 
II. tntnu. 1. To render guilty of the crime of 
\ ----- /t - - 1. * 4 J 
a.] I. intrans. To toss or jerk the head with 
affected smartness; be jaunty or pert: some- 
times with an impersonal it. 
The popeiayes perken and pruynen fol proude. 
II. n. In entom., a species of the family Per- 
lidx. 
perleH, . A Middle English form of pearl and 
(perl)> n. [F.: MO pearl.-] In med., a 
pellet. See pearl, n., 3. 
the 
The Old ^m 
forswear: commonly used reflexively: as ; 
witness perjured himself. 
Women are not 
In their best fortunes strong ; but want will perjure 
The ne'er-touch'd vestal. Shak., A. and C., iii. 12. 30. 
2f. To swear falsely to ; deceive by false oaths 
or protestations. 
And with a virgin innocence did pray 
For me that perjured her. J. Fletcher. 
= Syn. 1. Perjure, Forswear. Perjure is now technical and 
particular ; strictly, it is limited to taking a legal oath 
falsely ; occasionally it is used for forswear. Forswear is 
general, but somewhat old-fashioned, 
perjuret (P^r'jijr), . [< OF. perjure, parjure, 
F. parjure = Pr.perjur = Sp. Pg. perjuro = U. 
perjuro, spergiuro, < L. perjurus, who bre 
oath, <.pcr, through, + jus (jur-), law. 
jure, .] A perjured person. 
He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers. 
Shak., L. L. L., 
perjured (per'jijrd),^. a. 1. Guilty of perjury; perk 3 (perk), r. 
Whenever delirium is present, it is allayed with the ice- 
bag to the head, or by the internal use of ether (in perles), 
or of the bromides. Medical News, I. 291. 
It is a thousand times better, as one would think, to 
bogtrot [in rags] in Ireland, than to pirk it in preferment 
no better dressed. Roger North, Examen, p. 323. 
You think it a disgrace 
That Edward's miss thus perks it in your face. "D/vrli/lai fruar'li rlo't 7 TNT, ( Prrlti 4- -iflfp 1 
to Rowe's Jane Shore, 1.4a renw**(P e r >e),n.pl. \_nL,.,<.ieu 
h k * hM A family of pseudoneuropterous insects, typi- 
, Ingoldsby 
fied by the genus Perla, presenting such struc- 
tural peculiarities that it is considered by 
Brauer and others an order by the name of Plc- 
coptera; the stone-flies. The prothorax is large; the 
antennae are long, tapering, many-jointed ; the wings are 
unequal, the second pair larger and resting on the abdo- 
men, which usually bears two setee ; the tarsi are three- 
jointed. The larva; and pupce are aquatic, and very numer- 
ous under stones in streams. The adults fly about or rest 
upon herbage near water. See cut under Perla. 
" Of or 
2 
rcxj ILLGU vf ^ JK^^/'-r * * * " ' *>* \^ f 1 . 1 ,1 -. "V . . 
that has sworn falsely, or is false to vows or formative k, as in smirk, talk, etc.] I. tntrans. 
protestations: as, a perjured villain. 
For I have sworn thee fair ; more perjured I, 
To swear against the truth so foul a lie ! 
Shak., Sonnets, cltt. 
2f. Deliberately or wilfully broken or falsified. 
perjuredly (per'jord-li), adv. In a perjured 
manner ; "by false oaths or vows. 
perjurer (per'jo-rer), . [Early mod. E. per- 
)urour= Sp. Pg. perjurador; aeperjnre + -ar 1 .] 
One who is wilfully false to oaths or vows, or 
who in judicial or official proceedings wilfully 
testifies falsely un&er oath or solemn affirma- 
tion. 
Violante up and down was voluble 
In whatsoever pair of ears would perk. 
Browning, Ring and Book, it 512. 
II. trans. 1. To hold up smartly; prick up. 
About him round the grassy spires (in hope 
To gain a kiss) their verdant heads perk'd up. 
Sherburne, Salmacis. 
The rose perks up its blushing cheek. 
Motherwell, To the Lady of my Heart, perline (per'lin), a. [< Perla + -I; 
To dress; make spruce or smart; smarten; pertaining to the Perlidss. 
perlite (per'Ht), n. [< F. perlite, < perle, a 
pearl (seepearl), + -ite z .~\ A peculiar form of 
certain vitreous rocks, such as obsidian and 
pitch-stone,, the mass of which sometimes as- 
sumes the form of enamel-like globules. These 
may constitute the whole rock, in which case they become 
[Prob. dim. form of peeri, with polygonal in form owing to mutual pressure, or they may 
be separated from each other by more or less of the unal- 
tered vitreous material. 
-lit'ik),o. [<. perlite +-ic.~\ Resem- 
>r* pertaining to perlite Perlitlc struc- 
sort of concentric structure, imperfectly devel 
, swear 'tis better to be lowly born, 
And range with humble Uvers jn conte nt, 
Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, 
sorrow^ ^ ^ 
To peer; look narrowly or sharply. 
Adam Bede . . . might be drownded for what you'd care 
you'd be perking at the glass the next minute. 
George Eliot, Adam Bede, viii. 
II. trans. To examine thoroughly. Halliwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
perk 4 , n. An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) 
Is there neuer a good man that dare beseech her grace 
to beware of these double faced periurouri counsayles in 
tyme? Bp. Gardiner, True Obedience, To the Reader. 
:. [< perfcl + -et.~\ A small 
perk or pole. See perk*. 
perkily (per'ki-li), adv. In a perky manner; 
jauntily; airily; smartly, 
perkin (per'kin), n. [Short for *perrykin; < 
perry 1 + -kin. Cf. ciderkin.'] A kind of weak 
perry. 
tore, a L 
oped, so as to show in sections more or less circular or 
elliptic lines, which are often inclosed between minute 
parallel planes, giving the rock a mixed concretionary and 
reticulated structure not easily discernible, however, 
without the aid of the microscope. 
',. An obsolete form of perilous or 
of perjury 
Thy perjurious lips confirm not thy untruth. 
Quarles, Judgment and Mercy, The Liar. (Latham.) 
O perjnrimts friendship ! 
Middleton, Women Beware Women, iii. 2. 
perjuroust (per'jo-rus), a. Same as perjurious. 
Puffing their souls away in perjurow air. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, Ind. 
perjury (per'jo-ri), n. [Early mod. E. also 
perjurie, perjiiree; < ME. perjury e, < OF. per- 
jurie, parjurie, F. parjure = Pr. perjuri = Sp. 
Sharp; peering; inquisitive 
He is a tall, thin, bony man with . . . little restless, 
perking eyes. Dickens, Sketches, iv. 
Perkinism 
def.) + 
duced by . 
cian (died 1799), consisting in applying to dis- 
eased parts the extremities of two rods made of 
different metals, called metallic tractors; trac- 
toration. Dunglison. 
Perkinism soon began to decline, and in 1811 the Trac- 
_ --lus'trat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
perlustrated, ppr. perlustrating. [< L. perlus- 
tratus, pp. of perlustrare (> It. perlustrare = 
Pg. perlustrar), wander through, view all over, 
examine, also purify completely, <j>er, through, 
+ lustrare, go around, also purify by propitia- 
tory offering: see lustration?] To view or scan 
thoroughly; survey. [Rare.] 
Mr. Asterias perlustrated the sea-coast for several days, 
and reaped disappointment, but not despair. 
Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, vii. 
per lustration (per-lus-tra'shon), . [= It. 
Pg. perjurio = It perjnrw pergmrio, pergiuro, -- '"s^keVof b^n'iniemge.It'w^er 
< L. perjurtum, a false oath, < perjurus, one who , orgotten ^ . W. Holmes, Med. Essays, p. 18. 
breaks his oath : see perjure, n.] 
of viewing thoroughly; survey; thorough in- 
spection. 
By the perlustration of such famous cities, castles, am- 
phitheaters, and palaces, . . . hee(may]cometodiscerne 
the best of all earthly things to be frayle and transitory. 
Howell, Forreine Travell, p. 70. 
An obsolete form of pearmain. 
cifically, in law, the wilful utterance of false tes- 
timony under oath or affirmation, before a com- 
petent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal 
inquiry. 
This la a periurye 
To prente vndir penne. York Plays, p. 222. 
Do not swear ; 
Cast not away your fair soul ; to your treason 
Add not foul perjury. 
Beau, and Ft., Knight of Malta, i. 3. 
The crime of wilful and corrupt perjury ... is defined 
by Sir Edward Coke to be a crime committed when a 
lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding 
to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, 
in a matter material to the issue or point in question. 
Blackstone, Com., IV. x. 
= Syn. See perjure. 
perk 1 (pferk), re. [< ME. perlee, parke, an un- 
assibilated form of perch*, q. v.] A horizon- 
tal pole or bar serving as a support for various 
purposes, as a perch for birds or as the ridge- 
pole of a tent, or used for the hanging of yarns, 
skins, etc., to dry, or against which sawn tim- 
ber may be stacked while seasoning, etc. [Ob- 
solete or prov. Eng.] 
French Discouerers vtterly denie this Historic (of a great 
Towne and a faire Riuerl, affirming that there are but 
Cabans here and there made withpertes, and couered with 
barkes of trees, or with skins. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 751. 
_ !.___ 
p e rkln l stlc 
/*! \ r/ 
pert. 
- iauntv' 
jjauniy, 
There amid pcr*i/ larches and pine 
Tennyson, Maud, x. 1. 
Perla (pfer'la), n. [NL. (Geoffrey, 1764) ; said 
to be from a proper name.] The typical genus 
aquatic apterous larva ; , transitional stage to r, perfect insect, or 
imago. 
permanevole,' < K permanere, continue: see 
permanent.'] Permanent ; durable. Lydgate. 
permanence (per'ma-nens), n. [= F. perma- 
nence = Sp. Pg. permanencia = It. permanenza, 
< ML. permanentia, < L. permanen(t-)s, lasting: 
see permanent."] The character or property of 
being permanent or enduring; durability; fix- 
edness; continuance in the same state, con- 
dition, place, or office ; the state of being last- 
ing, fixed, unchanging or unchangeable in char- 
acter, condition, position, office, or the like ; 
freedom from liability to change : as, the per- 
manence of a government or state ; the perma- 
nence of liberal institutions. 
A kind of permanence or fixedness in being that may be 
capable of an eternal existence. 
Sir H. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 73. 
A house of thick walls, as if the projector had that sturdy 
feeling of permanence in life which incites people to make 
strong their earthly habitations. 
Hawthorne, Septimius Felton, p. 5. 
The notion of matter does not involve the notion of per. 
manence, but only of the occupation of space. 
E. Caird, Philos. of Kant, p. 212. 
=Syn. See lasting. 
permanency (per'ma-nen-si), . [As perma- 
nence (see -c#).] Same as permanc nee. 
