"Perk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... envelope, lap, involve; inwrap^, enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest. vest, clothe, array, dress, dight^, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter^, rig, fit out; deck &c (ornament) 847; perk, equip, harness, caparison. wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle. Adj. invested &c v.; habited; dighted^; barbed, barded; clad, costume, shod, chausse [Fr.]; en grande tenue &c (show) 882 [Fr.]. sartorial. Phr. the soul of this man ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... perhaps a mile along the bluff when Coaley began to toss up his head and perk his ears backward, turning now and then to look. Lance was sunk too deep in bitter introspection to observe these first warning movements which every horseman knows. He was thinking of Mary Hope, who would be waking now to a ...
— Rim o' the World • B. M. Bower
... propeller in this here slob-ice, eh? Scared o' your for'ard plates, too, isn't you? An' you wants a tow, doesn't you? You wants me t' take chances with my blades, eh, an' bruise my poor ol' bows, buckin' this here ice, t' perk your big yelpin' ship t' open water afore the gale ...
— Harbor Tales Down North - With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. • Norman Duncan
... year, That his little house he built; For he seems to perk and peer, And to twitter, too, and tilt The bare branches in between, With ...
— Dreams and Days: Poems • George Parsons Lathrop
... Seems like she jest can't ever git over it. I seen her cryin' the last time I was over. No use tryin' to comfort the pore ole gal. It left a sore place in her heart that nothin' kin ever heal. I'm a hopin' that p'haps with you around she may perk ...
— Darry the Life Saver - The Heroes of the Coast • Frank V. Webster |
