'Perpend stone' definitions:
Definition of 'Perpend stone'
From: GCIDE
- Perpend stone \Per"pend stone`\ See Perpender. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'perpend stone'
From: GCIDE
- Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone. [1913 Webster]