PERAEOPOD
Pe*ræ"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. -pod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of
Crustacea.
PERAGRATE
Per"a*grate, v. t. Etym: [L. peragratus, p.p. of peragrate.]
Defn: To travel over or through. [Obs.]
PERAGRATION
Per`agra"tion, n. Etym: [L. peragratio: cf. F. peragration.]
Defn: The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
PERAMBULATE
Per*am"bu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Perambulating.] Etym: [L. perambulatus, p.p. of perambulare to
perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
Defn: 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.
Defn: To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.