to perk one's self up, to adorn. To perk up again, to recover from sickness.

(4) A perch. Suffk. ``Ovyr the perke to pryk,'' Skelton, i. 124. It also occurs in \textit{Reliq. Antiq.} i. 294.

(5) A wooden frame against which sawn timber is set up to dry. East.

\textbf{PERKERS.} Young rooks. North.

\textbf{PERKIN.} Water cress.

\textbf{PERKY.} Saucy; obstinate. West.

\textbf{PERLATANE.}

The haule also of this palace was sett fulle of ymages of golde, and bitwix thame stode perlatanes of golde, in the branches of white the were many maners of jewles.

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 25.

\textbf{PERLESY.} A pleurisy.

And smyttis hym al as it were with a perlesy, that alle his lymes dryes, that he may na gud do als he sulde.

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 246.

\textbf{PERLID.} Ornamented with pearls; studded with any ornaments.

And many a perlid garnement
Embroudid was agen the day.

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 54.

\textbf{PERLIN.} The piece of timber which runs along under the middle part of the spars or bearers of a roof, to give such bearers additional strength.

\textbf{PERLOWVES.} Perilous. Palsgrave.

\textbf{PERMAFAY.} By my faith. (A.-N.)

\textbf{PERMANSIE.} Magic; necromancy.

\textbf{PERN.} (1) To prosper. Somerset.

(2) To pick and dress birds, particularly applied to dressing the heron.

\textbf{PERNASO.} Mount Parnassus.

\textbf{PERNEL.} The pimpernel, a flower that always shuts up its blossoms before rain.

But these tender pernels must have one gown for the day, another for the night.

Pilkington's Works, p. 56.

\textbf{PERPEND.} To consider attentively.

You'll quickly know, if you do well perpend,
And soberly rightly what's the proper end.

Brome's Songs, 1661, p. 182.

\textbf{PERPENDICLE.} The plumb line of a quadrant. This word occurs in an old treatise on mensuration, in MS. Sloane 213.

\textbf{PERPENTINE.} A porcupine. ``Perpoynt, hystrix,'' Pr. Parv. The form \textit{perpentine} occurs in Shakespeare, most incorrectly altered to \textit{porcupine} by modern editors. It is the genuine old word.

\textbf{PERPENT-STONE.} A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it. Oxf. Gl. Arch. p. 280. In the North of England, a thin wall, the stones of which are built on the edge, is called a perpent.

\textbf{PERPETUANA.} A kind of glossy cloth, generally called everlasting.

\textbf{PERPLANTED.} Planted securely.

Requyringe them as his especiall truste and confidence was perplanted in the hope of their fidelitie, that they woulde occure and mete hym by the waye with all diligent preparacion.

Hall, Richard III. f. 27.

\textbf{PERR.} (1) Perry.

(2) A pearl.

\textbf{PERRE.} A dish in old cookery, made chiefly of peas, onions, and spices.

\textbf{PERRIER.} A kind of short mortar, formerly much used for stone shot.

\textbf{PERRIWINKLE.} A periwig. Stubbe.

\textbf{PERPONENDERE.} A pardoner. Hearne.

\textbf{PERRY-DANCERS.} The aurora borealis. East.

\textbf{PERRYE.} (1) A squall.

It happened Harold his sonne to arrive at Pountiau against his will, by occasion of a sudden perry, or contrarie winde, that arose while he was on the sea-boorde.

Lambarde's Perambulation, 1596, p. 357.

(2) A little cur dog. North.

(3) Precious stones; jewels.

And alle was set with perrye,
Ther was never no better in Crystyanté.

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 242.

\textbf{PERS.} (1) Persia.

We woot bothe his story and vers
That the kyndom of Grace and Pers
Were hede kyngus in forme tille.

Cursor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab. f. 132.

(2) Company.

Al we wite it thd defaut,
So siggeth al our pers.

Arthur and Merlin, p. 9.

(3) Sky, or blueish gray colour. There was a kind of cloth so called.

\textbf{PERSAUNT.} Piercing. (A.-N.)

That of the stremis every maner wryte
Astonied was, they weren so bryte and shene,
Ant to the eye so persaunt for to sene.

Lydgate, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 23.

For thy persaunt charité.

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 109.

\textbf{PERSCRUTE.} To search through. (Lat.) Used by Andrew Borde, Brit. Bibl. iv. 24.

\textbf{PERSE.} Equality. (A.-N.)

\textbf{PERSEL.} Parsley. Pegge.

\textbf{PERSEVER.} To persevere. Shak.

Whether a daw sit, or whether a daw fly,
Whether a daw stand, or whether a daw lye,
Whether a daw creepe, or whether a daw cry,
In what case soever a daw persever,
A daw is a daw, and a daw shall be ever.

Tarlton's Jests, 1611.

\textbf{PERSIAN-WHEEL.} An engine invented to raise a quantity of water sufficient for overflowing lands, that border in the banks of rivers, where the streams lie so low, as to be incapable of doing it.

\textbf{PERSON.} A mask, or actor. (Lat.)

\textbf{PERSONABLE.} Personally visible.

My said lorde of Winchester saied unto the kyng that the kyng his father, so visited with sicknesse, was not personable.

Hall, Henry VI. f. 13.

\textbf{PERSONE.} A man. Generally, a man of dignity, a parson or rector of a church.

\textbf{PERSORE.} A piercing-iron.

``Ze, se,'' seyd the persore,
``That at I sey it shall be sure;
Whi chyd ye iche one with other?
Wote ye wel I ame your brother:
Therefore none contrary me,
Fore as I sey so schall it be.''

MS. Ashmole 61.