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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
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4. Perch
   A lighting position concealed behind the proscenium.
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Perch
   Position above stage level on the stage side of the proscenium wall either side of the opening.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. perch
    noun support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
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15. perch
    noun any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
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16. perch
    noun an elevated place serving as a seat
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17. 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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18. 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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19. Perch
    In architecture, perch or perk, or pearch is an old name sometimes given to a bracket or corbel.
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20. Perch
    [equilibristic] The perch is an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer. Each perch pole has a loop at the top into which the performer may insert either a hand or a foot in order to perform a variety of tricks while ha...
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21. Perch
    [volume] The cast of the pilot episode to the FX television series Over There (2005) (l to r: Luke MacFarlane, Kirk Jones, Erik Palladino, Nicki Aycox, Lizette Carrión, Keith Robinson, Josh Henderson). ==Rationale of fair use for Over There (TV series)== ...
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22. Perch
    Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the Lati...
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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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