| 单词 | perching bough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperching bough The action of perch v.1 (now chiefly in sense 2); an instance of this. Also: (in quot. 1818) a place in which to perch. Frequently attributive, as perching bough, perching place, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] lastinglOE lastage1205 anchorage1405 strandage1419 plankage1424 quayage1440 lowage1457 measurage1460 perch money1466 perching1483 keel-toll?1499 wharf-gelt1505 sand-gelt1527 wharfage1535 soundage1562 towage1562 groundage1567 bankage1587 rowage1589 shore-silver1589 pilotage1591 dayage1592 ballastage1594 rivage1598 pieragec1599 shore-mail1603 lightage1606 shorage1611 port charge1638 light money1663 port due1663 water-bailage1669 mensuragea1676 mooragea1676 keelage1679 shore-due1692 harbour-due1718 lockage1722 magazinage1736 jettage?1737 light duty1752 tide-duty1769 port duty1776 dockage1788 light due1793 canalage1812 posting-dues1838 warpage1863 winch1864 postage1868 flag-dues1892 berthage1893 shore-levy- the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > a high position > for occupying perch1526 perching1818 1483 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 364 All manner of men that occupieth shippes..shall pay to the Watyr-bailliff, for his perchyng, ii. d of silver, as oft tymes as thei comyth yn and out. 1594 T. Lodge Wounds Ciuill War iv. i. p. xviii The frolicke citizens of forrest lung Their layes and merrie notes on pearching boughes. 1685 T. Ellwood Rogero-Mastir 8 His Pursy Muse was often out of Wind, And glad when she a perching place could find. a1748 T. Brerewood Galfred & Juetta (1772) i. 14 On perching Stand the Parrot sate. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 28 Pluck down A vulture from his towery perching. 1892 S. Barber Beneath Helvellyn's Shade 46 The ‘perching’ of boulders by the agency of ice in the glacial period. 1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality viii. 187 Like a bird's life, it consists of an alternation of flights and perchings. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers v. 53 So station yourself near likely spots for nectaring, basking, or perching, and await the arrival of butterflies. < as lemmas |
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