a. Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear;
There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Stiff like a poker. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause perish. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
perish the thought
n. Perishableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. périssable. ] Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death;
n. The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a perishable degree or manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. perissement. ] The act of perishing. [ R. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause perish. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
perish the thought
n. Perishableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. périssable. ] Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death;
n. The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a perishable degree or manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. perissement. ] The act of perishing. [ R. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]