\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.