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A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.

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  1. n. A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.
  2. n. A suddent squall. See Pirry.
  3. n. a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
  4. A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer. A suddent squall. See Pirry. [Obs.]
  5. A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer.
  6. n. United States philosopher (1876-1957) n. United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858) n. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)