Adventure hard With peril great achieved.
Milton.
At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.
"On thy soul's peril." Shak.
Syn. -- Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See Danger.
Per"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Periled (?) or Perilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Periling or Perilling.] To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to
peril one's life.
Per"il (?), v. i. To be in danger. [Obs.] Milton.
||Pe*ril"la (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A genus of labiate
||herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is
||often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.
Per"il*ous (?), a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. pÈrilleux, L.
periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also perillous.] 1. Full of, attended
with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous
undertaking.
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds.
Milton.