2. Noun. (textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing. ¹
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Definition of Perching
1. perch [v] - See also: perch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perching
Literary usage of Perching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"A little practice in field ornithology will enable one to recognize the Flycatchers
from their habit of perching in wait for their prey upon some prominent ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... carry the feet extended backward in flight, while all the Passeres, or perching
Birds, carry them drawn up forward. In the intermediate groups (Cuckoos, ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1869)
"ON THE MECHANISM OF perching IN BIRDS.1 By MORRISON WATSON, MD, Demonstrator of
A natomy, University of Edinburgh. THE peculiar mode of action of the ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"... but one Scops — our well-known Screech Owl—to America north of the tropies.—JA
ALLEN. A perching SNIPE. — Mr. WA Pope has observed the Scolopax Wil- ..."
5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... largely composed of shreds of grayish bark and lichens. Their eggs are like
many others of the Hummers. perching BIRDS. Order XVII. PASSERES. COTINGAS. ..."
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