Defn: The peregrine falcon.
PEREGRINITY
Per`e*grin"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. peregrinitas: cf. F. pérégrinité.]
1. Foreignness; strangeness. [Obs.] "Somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect." Johnson.
2. Travel; wandering. [R.] Carlyle.
PEREL
Per"el, n.
Defn: Apparel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PEREMPT
Per*empt", v. t. Etym: [L. peremptus, p.p. of perimere to take away
entirely, to destroy; per (see Per-) + OL. emere to take. See
Redeem.] (Law)
Defn: To destroy; to defeat. [R.] Ayliffe.
PEREMPTION
Per*emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. peremptio: cf. F. péremption.] (Law)
Defn: A quashing; a defeating. [Obs.]