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unˈperch, v.
[un-2 5.]
trans. To dislodge from a perch. Also fig.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 114 For honest recreation..vse hunting or haukeing, either rowse the Deere, or vnpearch the Phesant. 1646Crashaw Steps to Temple 27 Which when I lose, o may at once my Tongue Lose this same busie speaking art Vnpearcht, her vocall Arteries unstrung. a1659Osborne Observ. Turks Wks. (1673) 286 If he but offers to tune his note contrary to the true Dialect of State, he is straight unperched. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 320 Divines, who never fail to endeavour to unperche that good old Fox's well-meaning Book from its Post and Chain in our Churches. 1734Watts Reliq. Juv. 287 When..walking through a Grove,..we unperch'd a Squirrel and a Lark. 1846Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. II. 267/2 They never have unperched me from my calling.
Hence unˈperching vbl. n.
1589Warner Alb. Eng. Prose Add. 161 The vnpearching of other, should be fore-preachings to vs. |