a. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. “Perk as a peacock.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
to perk up one's ears
v. i.
To perk it,
v. i. To peer; to look inquisitively. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A perquisite. [ informal ] [ PJC ]
n. A kind of weak perry. [ 1913 Webster ]
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
a. Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. [ 1913 Webster ]
There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]