Per"i*apt (?), n. [Gr. , fr. hung about, to hang about; about + to tie: cf. F. p'eriapte.]
A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet.
Coleridge.
Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak.
© Webster 1913.
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