Perpend (noun)
pur-pend
A large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall./ (verb) an achaic word for ponder.
1225–75; variant of parpen, parpend, Middle English perpein, parpein ( late Middle English perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side
Example sentences
“The perpend stone jutted out slightly into the street outside.”
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