a province of France, which makes part of Guienne, bounded on the north by Angoumois and a part of Marche, and on the east by Quercy and Limosin; on the south by Agenois and Bazadois; and on the west, by Bourledois, Angoumois, and a part of Saintonge. It is about 83 miles in length, and 60 in breadth. It abounds in iron mines, and the air is pure and healthy. Perigueux is the capital town.

PERIGORD-Stone, is supposed to be an ore of manganese, of a dark gray colour, like basalt.

PERIGRAPHÉ, a word usually understood to express a careless or inaccurate delineation of any thing; but in Vesalius it was used to express the white lines or impressions that appear on the musculus rectus of the abdomen.