2. Adjective. Situated as if balancing above something. ¹
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Definition of Perched
1. perch [v] - See also: perch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perched
Literary usage of Perched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— perched upon
a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door— perched, and sat, arid nothing ..."
2. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"Erratics and perched Blocks.—We next come to those large blocks, often met with
lying on the surface, which are known as Erratic* or Wandered Stone*. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"On the book of knowledge is perched the dove, emblematic of purity, while the
olive branch at the left of the book and the palm under the Fool's Bauble give ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... be- perched ОП the jutting era?, irith " My sole sad business here pression
of her feet ! ... perched ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"Deposition beneath moving ice is much less in amount than erosion, but may occur
in areas sheltered from ice FIG. 113. — perched block near the Yellowstone ..."
6. The French Stage in the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Hawkins (1888)
"perched upon a mock throne, the hero signs several papers, one of which, unknown
to himself, is a marriage contract between his daughter and a youth whom he ..."
7. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Howard R. Oliver (1888)
"Mr. FJ FARADAY, FLS, exhibited fragments of the perched blocks on Norber, a spur
of Ingleborough, and other specimens of the rocks of the vicinity, ..."
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