[ Percelmel], adv. bit by bit, S2; see [Parcel-mele].
[ Percen], v. to pierce, S2, PP, C2; persen, W, PP; perche, Cath., HD; pershaunt, pr. p., PP; persand, S3; pearst, pp., S3; persid, W2.—AF. percer; OF. percher; Late Lat. *particare, to part. For suffix -icare, cp. Late Lat. *coacticare (whence F. cacher); see BH, § 97. Cp. also OF. person = partitionem, Ps. 15. 6 (Apfelstedt).
[ Perchmentier], sb. dealer in ‘parchment lace,’ S3.—Cp. It. passamentiere (Florio). See [Passamen].
[ Percyl], sb. parsley, S2; percil, PP; percyll, Prompt.; parcelle, Cath.; persylle, Voc.; percelle, Cath.; persile, Alph.—OF. persil; Late Lat. petrocillum (Voc.); from Gr. πετροσέλινον. For the effect of the Greek accent see Brachet, and cp. F. encre (Enke).
[ Pere], adj. and sb. equal, a peer, PP, C2; per, SkD; peer, PP, C2; peare, S3; peres, pl., PP; pieres, S3.—AF. per (pl. pers, peres); Lat. parem.
[ Pere], sb. pear, Voc., Cath.; peere, Prompt.; perys, pl., CM. Comb.: peere apple, Prompt.; pere-ionette, an early ripe pear, PP; perjonette, CM.—AS. pere, peru; Lat. pirum. Cf. [Pereye].
[ Peregrin], adj. foreign; peregryn, C2.—OF. peregrin; Lat. peregrinum. Cf. [Pylgrim].
[ Peregrin], sb. a kind of falcon, HD.—Cp. Late Lat. peregrina falco (Ducange).
[ Peren], v. to appear, P.—OF. pareir (paroir); Lat. parēre, to appear.
[ Pereye], sb. perry, S2, Voc.; perre, Prompt.; pirrey, Cath.; pirre, Cath. Comb.: piri-whit, white perry, S2, PP.—OF. perey, peré, peiré (mod. poiré), from peire (mod. poire), pear; cp. Late Lat. piretum (Voc.), from pirum.