These are the meanings of the letters UECHRP when you unscramble them.
- Perch (n.)
A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
- Perch (n.)
A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- Perch (n.)
A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
- Perch (n.)
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
- Perch (n.)
Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
- Perch (n.)
In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
- Perch (n.)
In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
- Perch (v. i.)
To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
- Perch (v. t.)
To occupy as a perch.
- Perch (v. t.)
To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
- Ruche (n.)
A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
- Ruche (n.)
A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.