Meanings
perching1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of perch
nounperching (plural perchings)
plural perchings
- The act of something that perches.
When we take a general view of the wonderful stream of our consciousness, what strikes us first is the different pace of its parts. Like a bird's life, it seems to made of an alternation of flights and perchings.
1892, William James, The Stream of Consciousness
perching2
nounperching (uncountable)
- uncountablebusinessInspection of cloth before finishing.
Origin
perching · noun
From perch (“a rack over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).
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