<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds</li><li>any place or object, as a sill, fence, branch, or twig, for a bird, animal, or person to alight or rest upon</li><li>a high or elevated position, resting place, or the like</li><li>a small, elevated seat for the driver of any of certain vehicles</li><li>a pole connecting the fore and hind running parts of a spring carriage or other vehicle</li><li>a post set up as a navigational aid on a navigational hazard or on a buoy</li><li>British: a linear or square rod</li><li>a measure of volume for stone, about 24 cubic feet (0.7 cubic meters)</li><li>Textiles: an apparatus consisting of two vertical posts and a horizontal roller, used for inspecting cloth after it leaves the loom</li><li>Obsolete: any pole, rod, or the like</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used without object)</p><ul><li>to alight or rest upon a perch</li><li>to settle or rest in some elevated position, as if on a perch</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used with object)</p><ul><li>to set or place on or as if on a perch</li><li>to inspect (cloth) for defects and blemishes after it has been taken from the loom and placed upon a perch</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>