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perched


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perch  \Perch\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Perched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Perching}.]  [F.  percher.  See  {Perch}  a  pole.] 
  To  alight  or  settle,  as  a  bird;  to  sit  or  roost. 
 
  Wrens  make  prey  where  eagles  dare  not  perch.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perched 
  adj  :  (especially  of  ears)  quickly  lifted  up  or  out  in  attention; 
  `perched'  is  obsolete;  "a  dog  with  perked  ears"  [syn:  {perked}, 
  {perked  up}] 




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