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1. Perch
   USS Perch was an American Perch Class submarine of 1330 tons displacement launched in 1936 and sunk during the Second World War. USS Perch was powered by diesel engines and was armed with one 3-inch gun, one anti-aircraft machine-gun and six 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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2. Perch
   A place for hanging lanterns, on the side wall of the theatre auditorium.
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3. Perch
   A lighting position concealed behind the proscenium.
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4. Perch
   Any of a number of spiny-finned freshwater fish found in North America and Europe. The best known U.S. perch is the 'yellow perch.' Perch have a mild, firm, low-fat flesh. The saltwater white perch and ocean perch are not true perches.
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5. perch
   [n] - (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet 2. [n] - a square rod of land 3. [n] - an elevated place serving as a seat 4. [n] - any of numerous fishes of America and Europe 5. [n] - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) ...
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6. Perch
   Position above stage level on the stage side of the proscenium wall either side of the opening.
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7. perch
   a small beacon,often an untrimmed sapling,used to mark channels through mudflats or sand banks,often of a temporary nature 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: Transport • To inspect cloth in a vertical(hanging)position or at an angle inclined upwards away from the source of light...
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8. Perch
   Perch (pẽrch) noun [ Written also pearch .] [ Middle English perche , French perche , Latin perca , from Greek pe`rkh ; confer perkno`s dark-colored, Sanskrit prçni spotted, speckled, an...
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9. Perch
   Perch noun [ French perche , Latin pertica .] 1. A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat. « As chauntecleer amon...
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10. Perch
    Perch intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Perched ; present participle & verbal noun Perching .] [ French percher . See Perch a pole.] To alight or settle, as a b...
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11. Perch
    Perch transitive verb 1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. 2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.
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12. perch
    <zoology> ... 1. Any fresh water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. Fluviatilis). ... 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belong...
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13. perch
    noun support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
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14. perch
    noun any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
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15. perch
    noun an elevated place serving as a seat
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16. Perch
    • (v. t.) To occupy as a perch. • (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. • (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana)...
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17. perch
    either of two species of fish, the common and the yellow perch (Perca fluviatilis and P. flavescens, sometimes considered as single species, P. ... [1 related articles]
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18. Perch
    In architecture, perch or perk, or pearch is an old name sometimes given to a bracket or corbel.
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19. perch
    a unit of area equal to one square perch . A perch of area covers exactly 272.25 square feet or about 25.292 85 square meters. There are 40 perches in a rood and 160 perches in an acre.
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20. perch
    a traditional unit of volume for stone and other masonry. A perch of masonry is the volume of a stone wall one perch (16.5 feet) long, 18 inches high, and 12 inches thick. This is equivalent to exactly 24.75 cubic feet, 0.916 667 cubic yard, or about 0.700 842 cubic meter.
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21. perch
    a traditional unit of distance in Ireland standardized at 21 English feet (6.4008 meters) or 14/11 English perch or rod. Since the Irish perch was 27.27% longer than the English, the Irish chain, furlong, and mile were longer in the same proportion..
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22. perch
    perch, common name for some members of the family Percidae, symmetrical freshwater fishes of N Europe, Asia, and North America. The perch belongs to the large order Perciformes (spiny-finned fishes) and is related to the sunfishes and the sea basses. Best known is the yellow (also called red) perch ...
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23. Perch
    Perch is British slang for a bed.
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24. Perch
    Perch is British slang for a bed.
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25. Perch
    Originally, a perch was a variable linear unit of measurement equivalent to between 14 and 28 feet. Later the term became known as the rod.
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