What is to alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Shak called?
perch — To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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