braise vs perk

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

perk

verb
  • To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker. 

  • To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of. 

  • Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds. 

  • To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out. 

noun
  • Perquisite. 

  • A percolator, particularly of coffee. 

  • A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up. 

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