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Perching

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that perches.

    "When we take a general view of the wonderful stream of our consciousness, what strikes us first is the different pace of its parts. Like a bird's life, it seems to made of an alternation of flights and perchings."

  2. 2
    Inspection of cloth before finishing. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of perch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From perch.

Etymology 2

From perch.

Etymology 3

From perch (“a rack over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

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