Perambulate
(Per*am"bu*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and
Amble.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to
inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking
over the whole line.
Perambulate
(Per*am"bu*late), v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
Perambulation
(Per*am`bu*la"tion) n.
1. The act of perambulating; traversing. Bacon.
2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. "The . . . bounds of his own
perambulation." [Obs.] Holyday.
Perambulator
(Per*am"bu*la`tor) n.
1. One who perambulates.
2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over
the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown
by an index. See Odometer.
3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
Perameles
(||Per`a*me"les) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a pouch + L. meles a badger.] (Zoöl.) Any marsupial of
the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble
rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.
Perbend
(Per"bend) n. See Perpender.
Perbreak
(Per"break`) n. [Obs.] See Parbreak.
Perbromate
(Per*bro"mate) n. (Chem.)A salt of perbromic acid.
Perbromic
(Per*bro"mic) a. [Pref. per- + bromic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest
oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.
Perbromide
(Per*bro"mide) n. (Chem.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any
other bromide of the same substance or series.
Perca
(||Per"ca) n. [L., a perch.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
Percale
(||Per`cale") n. [F.] A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, - -
used for women's and children's wear.
Percaline
(||Per`ca`line") n. [F.] A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.
Percarbide
(Per*car"bide) n. [Pref. per- + carbide.] (Chem.)A compound containing a relatively large
amount of carbon. [R.]
Percarburet
(Per*car"bu*ret) n. [Pref. per- + carburet.] (Chem.) A percarbide. [Obsoles.]
Percarbureted
(Per*car"bu*ret`ed), a. (Chem.) Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.
