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Perch

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), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Percoid 76% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sit 76% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Narrower term 1

Roost 76% connected

Roast.

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Derivationally related 2

Percher 74% connected

One who, or that which, perches.

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Percher 74% connected

One who, or that which, perches.

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Containing whole 2

Furlong 70% connected

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

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Roost 70% connected

Roast.

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Component part 2

Pace 70% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Yard 70% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Synonym 6

Alight 92% connected

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

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Light 92% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Pole 92% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Rest 92% connected

To arrest.

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Rod 92% connected

A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

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Roost 92% connected

Roast.

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