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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 134 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERCH (through Fr. See also:perche from See also:Lat. pertica, a See also:pole or See also:rod used for measurement)  , a See also:bar or See also:rod used for various purposes, as e.g. for a See also:navigation See also:mark in shallow See also:waters, for a support on which a See also:bird may See also:rest, or for a See also:pole which joins the back with the fore See also:part of a See also:wagon or other four-wheeled vehicle . As a See also:term of linear measurement, " See also:perch," also " rod " or " pole," =162 ft., 51 yds.; of superficial See also:area, =30t sq. yds.; 16o perches =1 See also:acre . As a stonemason's measure, a " perch "=1 linear perch in length by r i ft. in breadth and i ft. in thickness .

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