perchern.¹

Brit.

/ˈpəːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈpərtʃər/

Forms: Middle English perchere, Middle English perchor, Middle English pierchier, Middle English–1500s perchour, Middle English–1700s 1900s– percher, 1500s pearcher.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perch n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < perch n.¹ (compare sense 5b at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman perchour (late 14th or 15th cent., rare).

Now archaic and rare.

A large candle of wax or tallow, esp. one used on an altar. Cf. perch candle n. at perch n.¹ Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > tall or large

perchera1331

perch candle1499

a1331 Mem. Multorum Hen. Prior Canterbury in MS Cott. Galba E.4 f. 45 Item, candele que vocantur perchers continent in longitudine xv pollices; unde xviij perchers pond. j li. cere.

1392–3 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 252 Pro iiij. torches et perchers [MS. cħs] emptis.

1427–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 67 (MED) For a pound perchors for lyȝt to þe werke men, j d.

c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 32 (MED) Bannerettes..or Bacheler Knights..shall have..for wynter season..one percher, ii candelles wax, ii candelles peris.

1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.v^v Drawe the curtynes, than se there be morter or waxe or perchoures be redy.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. i. sig. G.iiij/2 Seneca..sayth, Let..no man set pearchers or taper light before the Gods.

1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 104 Forty great long perchers of the Kings best candles.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Perchers, the Paris-Candles formerly us'd in England; also the bigger sort of Candles, especially of Wax, which were commonly set upon the Altars.

1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 161 They fetch the big fair-garnished percher, lighted to the fonted water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

perchern.³

Brit.

/ˈpəːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈpərtʃər/

Forms: 1700s– percher, 1800s pertcher.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perch n.¹, -er suffix¹; perch v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < perch n.¹ + -er suffix¹, and partly < perch v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With sense 5 compare Old French percheur (14th cent. in F. Godefroy Dict. de l'ancienne langue française (1880 –1902)).

†1. colloquial. A person who is dying. Cf. to hop the perch at perch n.¹ Phrases 2, perch n.¹ 6d, and perch v.¹ 6. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the dying

dier1570

percher1714

expirer1793

moribund1835

1714 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. to J. Grahme 21 Jan. in J. Bagot Col. J. Grahme (1886) 28 (modernized text) The Queen is well, though the Whigs give out that she is, what they wish her, ‘a percher’.

2. A bird that perches; (spec. in Ornithology) a bird of the order Passeriformes, a passerine.

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > perching > group or bird that perches

percher1771

rooster1811

Insessores1823

1771 G. White Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1970) iv. 43 Swallows feed their young perchers.

1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 502 Swallow, a genus of perchers..of which we have three species natives.

1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 304 Singers and perchers are scarce where the land is too dry for worms.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/1 None of the birds except the regular perchers and tree-dwellers do care to perch on trees.

1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry ii. 54/1 Turkeys are tree perchers by nature, but now that they have been developed as heavy breeds..flying up into trees can be hazardous.

1993 Equinox Oct. 38/3 That is one reason for Point Pelee's popularity among songbirds, which are perchers and obligate insectivores.

3. A person seated in an elevated or precarious position. Frequently as the second element in compounds.

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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > person perched on a height

percher1791

1791 G. Wakefield Enq. Publ. Worship 15 The perseverance of Simeon the pillar-percher.

1814 in C. W. Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster (1866) 86 The approach of the badger..was to be signalled by the percher [who has perched himself in a tree].

1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down v. 91 You couldn't rightly say whether a fella was a workman or an office stool percher or a manager.

1999 Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald (Nexis) 15 July 24 Officer John Hallock..[talked] a Missouri River bridge percher out of the notion of suicide.

†4. Winchester College. A horizontal Latin cross next to a pupil's name on a roll or register, signifying absence or some other neglect of duty. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1905) records that the word was ‘remembered by Rev. C. B. Mount’ as in use in 1839.

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1866 R. B. Mansfield School-Life Winchester Coll. 225 Percher, a mark..put after a boy's name on a ‘Roll’, which showed that he had been absent from Chapel or Hills without leave.

1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. Percher, a Latin cross laid horizontally against the name of an absentee on any roll.

5. A person whose job consists in examining cloth for defects. See perch v.¹ 7a. Now historical.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > examining cloth for faults > one who

betracker1578

cloth-looker?1881

percher1882

1882 Manch. Guardian 20 May 8/6 William Henry ——.., pertcher and stiffener.

1890 Cent. Dict. XV. 4387/3 The cloth is stretched in a frame, and the percher carefully examines the whole texture for imperfections, which may consist of burs and knots, which he carefully removes, or of holes, which he nicely darns.

1998 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 14 June 1 a The mill's influence is seen in the obituaries of the local men and women who worked there as perchers, inspecting the final cloth.

6. Cricket. A ball that appears to hang or ‘perch’ in the air; spec. = dolly n.¹ 3b; (also more generally) any easy chance to get a batter out. Formerly also = bouncer n. 6.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1913 Cricket 14 June 305/2 Every bowler pitches short sometimes, and..the resultant ‘rib-roaster’, ‘percher’, ‘flier’, ‘bouncer’,..is no more than an ordinary risk.

1961 Times 23 June 4/1 As big a percher as can ever have been missed in a match between England and Australia.

1985 Times 13 Feb. 28/1 Haynes survived a real percher early on—at square leg off Lawson.

2001 Daily Tel. 8 Dec. v. 10/7 He missed two ‘perchers’, a catch and a stumping.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	percher
释义	perchern.¹ Brit. /ˈpəːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈpərtʃər/ Forms: Middle English perchere, Middle English perchor, Middle English pierchier, Middle English–1500s perchour, Middle English–1700s 1900s– percher, 1500s pearcher. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perch n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < perch n.¹ (compare sense 5b at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman perchour (late 14th or 15th cent., rare). Now archaic and rare. A large candle of wax or tallow, esp. one used on an altar. Cf. perch candle n. at perch n.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > tall or large perchera1331 perch candle1499 a1331 Mem. Multorum Hen. Prior Canterbury in MS Cott. Galba E.4 f. 45 Item, candele que vocantur perchers continent in longitudine xv pollices; unde xviij perchers pond. j li. cere. 1392–3 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 252 Pro iiij. torches et perchers [MS. cħs] emptis. 1427–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 67 (MED) For a pound perchors for lyȝt to þe werke men, j d. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 32 (MED) Bannerettes..or Bacheler Knights..shall have..for wynter season..one percher, ii candelles wax, ii candelles peris. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.v^v Drawe the curtynes, than se there be morter or waxe or perchoures be redy. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. i. sig. G.iiij/2 Seneca..sayth, Let..no man set pearchers or taper light before the Gods. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 104 Forty great long perchers of the Kings best candles. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Perchers, the Paris-Candles formerly us'd in England; also the bigger sort of Candles, especially of Wax, which were commonly set upon the Altars. 1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 161 They fetch the big fair-garnished percher, lighted to the fonted water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † perchern.² Forms: 1500s pearcher. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perch v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < perch v.² + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. A person who aspires to a higher rank or status; an ambitious or self-assertive person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun] > person percher1581 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 16 So is it worthy praise to rest in some degree, which declareth a pearcher, though abilitie restraine will, that it cannot aspire whervnto it would. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). perchern.³ Brit. /ˈpəːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈpərtʃər/ Forms: 1700s– percher, 1800s pertcher. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perch n.¹, -er suffix¹; perch v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < perch n.¹ + -er suffix¹, and partly < perch v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With sense 5 compare Old French percheur (14th cent. in F. Godefroy Dict. de l'ancienne langue française (1880 –1902)). †1. colloquial. A person who is dying. Cf. to hop the perch at perch n.¹ Phrases 2, perch n.¹ 6d, and perch v.¹ 6. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the dying dier1570 percher1714 expirer1793 moribund1835 1714 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. to J. Grahme 21 Jan. in J. Bagot Col. J. Grahme (1886) 28 (modernized text) The Queen is well, though the Whigs give out that she is, what they wish her, ‘a percher’. 2. A bird that perches; (spec. in Ornithology) a bird of the order Passeriformes, a passerine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > perching > group or bird that perches percher1771 rooster1811 Insessores1823 1771 G. White Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1970) iv. 43 Swallows feed their young perchers. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 502 Swallow, a genus of perchers..of which we have three species natives. 1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 304 Singers and perchers are scarce where the land is too dry for worms. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/1 None of the birds except the regular perchers and tree-dwellers do care to perch on trees. 1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry ii. 54/1 Turkeys are tree perchers by nature, but now that they have been developed as heavy breeds..flying up into trees can be hazardous. 1993 Equinox Oct. 38/3 That is one reason for Point Pelee's popularity among songbirds, which are perchers and obligate insectivores. 3. A person seated in an elevated or precarious position. Frequently as the second element in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > person perched on a height percher1791 1791 G. Wakefield Enq. Publ. Worship 15 The perseverance of Simeon the pillar-percher. 1814 in C. W. Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster (1866) 86 The approach of the badger..was to be signalled by the percher [who has perched himself in a tree]. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down v. 91 You couldn't rightly say whether a fella was a workman or an office stool percher or a manager. 1999 Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald (Nexis) 15 July 24 Officer John Hallock..[talked] a Missouri River bridge percher out of the notion of suicide. †4. Winchester College. A horizontal Latin cross next to a pupil's name on a roll or register, signifying absence or some other neglect of duty. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1905) records that the word was ‘remembered by Rev. C. B. Mount’ as in use in 1839. ΚΠ 1866 R. B. Mansfield School-Life Winchester Coll. 225 Percher, a mark..put after a boy's name on a ‘Roll’, which showed that he had been absent from Chapel or Hills without leave. 1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. Percher, a Latin cross laid horizontally against the name of an absentee on any roll. 5. A person whose job consists in examining cloth for defects. See perch v.¹ 7a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > examining cloth for faults > one who betracker1578 cloth-looker?1881 percher1882 1882 Manch. Guardian 20 May 8/6 William Henry ——.., pertcher and stiffener. 1890 Cent. Dict. XV. 4387/3 The cloth is stretched in a frame, and the percher carefully examines the whole texture for imperfections, which may consist of burs and knots, which he carefully removes, or of holes, which he nicely darns. 1998 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 14 June 1 a The mill's influence is seen in the obituaries of the local men and women who worked there as perchers, inspecting the final cloth. 6. Cricket. A ball that appears to hang or ‘perch’ in the air; spec. = dolly n.¹ 3b; (also more generally) any easy chance to get a batter out. Formerly also = bouncer n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1913 Cricket 14 June 305/2 Every bowler pitches short sometimes, and..the resultant ‘rib-roaster’, ‘percher’, ‘flier’, ‘bouncer’,..is no more than an ordinary risk. 1961 Times 23 June 4/1 As big a percher as can ever have been missed in a match between England and Australia. 1985 Times 13 Feb. 28/1 Haynes survived a real percher early on—at square leg off Lawson. 2001 Daily Tel. 8 Dec. v. 10/7 He missed two ‘perchers’, a catch and a stumping. 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