Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpent
Literary usage of Perpent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"(Pr. of perpent). Mason-work, or a wall, one stone thick; usually from nine inches
to a foot. The inner or partition-walls of slone houses are usually built ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1846)
"At.Pevensey there are courses of tile laid flat, at fixed intervals; at Earl's
Barton there are perpent stones placed upright, also at fixed intervals. ..."
3. Treatise on Architecture, Including the Arts of Construction, Building by William Hosking, Arthur Ashpitel, Thomas Tredgold, Thomas Young, John Robinson (1867)
"perpent STONE ... The English meaning seems clear, (rom the old dictionary of
Cotgrave, who describes perpent or ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"perpent-STONE. A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both
sides of it. Oif. Gl. Arch. p. 280. In the North of England, a thin wall, ..."
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