Luke xv. 17.
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly.
Milton.
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
Locke.
Per"ish, v. t. To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.
Per`ish*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Perishableness.
Per"ish*a*ble (?), a. [F. pÈrissable.] Liable to perish; subject to
decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable
bodies.
Per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being perishable;
liability to decay or destruction. Locke.
Per"ish*a*bly, adv. In a perishable degree or manner.
Per"ish*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. perissement.] The act of perishing. [R.]
Udall.
||Per`i*so"ma (?), n.; pl. Perisomata (#). [NL.] (Zoˆl.) Same as
||Perisome.
Per"i*some (?), n. [Pref. peri- + -some body.] (Zoˆl.) The entire
covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or cúlenterate; the
integument.
Per"i*sperm (?), n. [F. pÈrisperme. See Peri-, and Sperm.] (Bot.) The
albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of
the embryo sac. -- Per`i*sper"mic (#), a.
{ Per`i*spher"ic (?), Per`i*spher"ic*al (?), } a. Exactly spherical;
globular.
||Per`i*spom"e*non (?), n.; pl. Perispomena (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;,
||pr. pass. p. of &?; to draw around, to circumflex; &?; around + &?;
||to draw.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the
||last syllable. Goodwin.
Per"i*spore (?), n. (Bot.) The outer covering of a spore.
Per"is*sad (?), a. [Gr. &?; odd, from &?; over.] (Chem.) Odd; not even;
-- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not
divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.
Per"isse (?), v. i. To perish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Per`is*so*dac"tyl (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Perissodactyla.
||Per`is*so*dac"ty*la (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; odd (fr. &?; over)
||+ &?; finger.] (Zoˆl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including
||those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and
||rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
Per`is*so*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pÈrissologique.] Redundant or
excessive in words. [R.]
Per`is*sol"o*gy (?), n. [L. perissologia, Gr. &?;; &?; odd, superfluous
+ &?; discourse.] Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell.
||Per`i*stal"sis (?), n. [NL. See Peristaltic.] (Physiol.) Peristaltic
||contraction or action.
Per`i*stal"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; clasping and compressing, fr. &?; to
surround, wrap up; &?; round + &?; to place, arrange: cf. F.
pÈristaltique.] (Physiol.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion
of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the
successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing
their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. --
Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly (#), adv.
||Per`is*te"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Peristerion.] (Bot.) A genus of
||orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
||Per`is*te"ri*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a dovecote, a kind of
||verbena, fr. &?; a dove, pigeon; cf. L. peristereon.] (Bot.) The herb
||vervain (Verbena officinalis).
Pe*ris"ter*ite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a pigeon.] (Min.) A variety of albite,
whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
Pe*ris`ter*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a pigeon + -morphous.] (Zoˆl.)
Like or pertaining to the pigeons or ColumbÊ.
Pe*ris`ter*op"o*dous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a pigeon + &?;, &?;, foot.]
(Zoˆl.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds
that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
Pe*ris"to*le (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. pÈristole. See Peristaltic.]
(Physiol.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.
||Pe*ris"to*ma (?), n.; pl. Peristomata (#). [NL.] Same as Peristome.
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Per"i*stome (?), n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth.] 1. (Bot.) The
fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It
consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or
double.
2. (Zoˆl.) (a) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell. (b)
The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
Per`i*sto"mi*al (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to a peristome.
||Per`i*sto"mi*um (?), n. [NL.] Same as Peristome.
Per`i*streph"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; to turn round.] Turning around;
rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).
Per"i*style (?), n. [L. peristylum, Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; about + &?; a
column: cf. F. pÈristyle.] (Arch.) A range of columns with their
entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether
on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella
of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and
inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
Per`i*sys"to*le (?), n. [Pref. peri- + systole: cf. F. pÈrisystole.]
(Physiol.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.
It is perceptible only in the dying.