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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 134 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERCH (through Fr.
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perche from
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Lat. pertica, a
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pole or
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rod used for measurement)  , a
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bar or
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rod used for various purposes, as e.g. for a
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navigation
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mark in shallow
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waters, for a support on which a
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bird may
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rest, or for a
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pole which joins the back with the fore
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part of a
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wagon or other four-wheeled vehicle . As a
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term of linear measurement, "
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perch," also " rod " or " pole," =162 ft., 51 yds.; of superficial
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area, =30t sq. yds.; 16o perches =1
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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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