Per"se*id (?), n. [From Perseus.]
(Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars appearing
annually about the 10th of August. They are probably fragments of
Swift's comet 1862 (III).
Per"se*id (?), n. (Astron.)
One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the
10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating
from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be
fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.