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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Perk
a.
Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.
n.
The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.
imp. & p. p.
of Perk
a.
Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
v. i.
To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.
n.
Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.
n.
A kind of weak perry.
v. t.
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.
n.
See Perkinism.
v. i.
To peer; to look inquisitively.
n.
A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.
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