Perjured to Perpendicular
Perjured
(Per"jured) a. Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak. "Perjured persons." 1
Tim. i. 10. "Their perjured oath." Spenser.
Perjurer
(Per"jur*er) n. One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.
Perjurious
(Per*ju"ri*ous Per"ju*rous) a. [L. perjuriosus, perjurus.] Guilty of perjury; containing perjury.
[Obs.] Quarles. B. Johnson.
Perjury
(Per"ju*ry) n.; pl. Perjuries [L. perjurium. See Perjure, v.]
1. False swearing.
2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness
under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the
making of willfully false affirmations.
If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the
United States.
Perk
(Perk) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perking.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make
smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk
the ears; to perk up one's head. Cowper. Sherburne.
Perk
(Perk), v. i. To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily. "To perk over them." Barrow.
To perk it, to carry one's self proudly or saucily. Pope.
Perk
(Perk), a. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. "Perk as a peacock." Spenser.
Perk
(Perk), v. i. To peer; to look inquisitively. Dickens.
Perkin
(Per"kin) n. A kind of weak perry.
Perkinism
(Per"kin*ism) n. (Med.) A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two
rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, — first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins
of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.
Perky
(Perk"y) a. Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.
There amid perky larches and pines.
Tennyson. Perlaceous
(Per*la"ceous) a. [See Pearl.] Pearly; resembling pearl.
Perlid
(Per"lid) n. (Zoöl.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidæ. See Stone fly, under Stone.
Perlite
(Per"lite) n. (Min.) Same as Pearlite.
Perlitic
(Per*lit"ic) a. (Min.) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of
certain rocks. See Pearlite.
Perlous
(Per"lous) a. Perilous. [Obs.] Spenser.
Perlustration
(Per`lus*tra"tion) n. [L. perlustrare to wander all through, to survey. See 3d Luster.] The
act of viewing all over. [Archaic] Howell.
Permanable
(Per"ma*na*ble) a. Permanent; durable. [Obs.] Lydgate.
