n. [ OF. peré, F. poiré, fr. poire a pear, L. pirum. See Pear the fruit. ] A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sudden squall. See Pirry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.[ Named after F. L. Sperry, who discovered it. ] (Min.) An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature. [ 1913 Webster ]