| slovo | definícia |
couch
(encz) | couch,divan n: Zdeněk Brož |
couch
(encz) | couch,gauč |
couch
(encz) | couch,gaučový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
couch
(encz) | couch,lehátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
couch
(encz) | couch,pohovka Pavel Cvrček |
couch
(encz) | couch,stylizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Couch
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
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2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
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The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
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3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
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4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
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5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
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He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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Couch
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier.
See Couch, v. t. ]
1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the
United States, a lounge.
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Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile
In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
--Shak.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
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3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate,
in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch
of malt.
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4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color,
size, etc.
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Couch
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\, v. i.
1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of
rest; to repose; to lie.
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Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in
hand. --Shak.
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If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
--Shak.
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2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to
be included or involved darkly.
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We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the
light of our fairies. --Shak.
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The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet
couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I.
Taylor.
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3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to
stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]
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An aged squire
That seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
--Spenser.
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couch
(gcide) | Coach \Coach\ (k[=o]ch; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio,
dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel
shell, Gr. ?, akin to Skr. [,c]ankha. Cf. Conch,
Cockboat, Cockle.]
1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in
the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside,
each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in
front for the driver.
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Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect
to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches
and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats
inside, each for two or three persons, and seats
outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
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2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for
examination. [Colloq.]
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Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
coach. --G. Eliot.
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3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck,
usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.]
[Obs.]
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The commanders came on board and the council sat in
the coach. --Pepys.
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4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished
from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is
sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
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5. One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who
assists in training individual athletes or the members of
a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions
in sports; as, a third base coach.
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couch
(wn) | couch
n 1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa,
couch, lounge]
2: a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
3: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or
psychoanalytic treatment
v 1: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't
put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] |
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accoucheuse
(encz) | accoucheuse,porodní bába n: Zdeněk Brožaccoucheuse,porodní sestra n: Zdeněk Brož |
couch
(encz) | couch,divan n: Zdeněk Brožcouch,gauč couch,gaučový adj: Zdeněk Brožcouch,lehátko n: Zdeněk Brožcouch,pohovka Pavel Cvrčekcouch,stylizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
couch grass
(encz) | couch grass, n: |
couch potato
(encz) | couch potato,osoba sledující často televizi Zdeněk Brož |
couchant
(encz) | couchant, adj: |
couched
(encz) | couched,formulovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
couches
(encz) | couches,gauče Zdeněk Brož |
couchette
(encz) | couchette,lehátko |
covered couch
(encz) | covered couch, n: |
sleeper with couchettes
(encz) | sleeper with couchettes,lehátkový vůz n: |
studio couch
(encz) | studio couch,divan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Accouchement
(gcide) | Accouchement \Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to
be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier
orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare
to lay, put, place. See Collate.]
Delivery in childbed
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Accoucheur
(gcide) | Accoucheur \Ac*cou*cheur"\, n. [F., fr. accoucher. See
Accouchement.]
A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an
obstetrician.
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Accoucheuse
(gcide) | Accoucheuse \Ac*cou*cheuse"\, n. [F.., fem. of accoucher.]
A midwife. [Recent] --Dunglison.
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Acouchy
(gcide) | Acouchy \A*cou"chy\, n. [F. acouchi, from the native name
Guiana.] (Zool.)
A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
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couch
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
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2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
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The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
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3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
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4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
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5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
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He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier.
See Couch, v. t. ]
1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the
United States, a lounge.
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Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile
In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
--Shak.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
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3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate,
in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch
of malt.
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4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color,
size, etc.
[1913 Webster]Couch \Couch\, v. i.
1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of
rest; to repose; to lie.
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Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in
hand. --Shak.
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If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
--Shak.
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2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to
be included or involved darkly.
[1913 Webster]
We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the
light of our fairies. --Shak.
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The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet
couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I.
Taylor.
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3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to
stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]
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An aged squire
That seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Coach \Coach\ (k[=o]ch; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio,
dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel
shell, Gr. ?, akin to Skr. [,c]ankha. Cf. Conch,
Cockboat, Cockle.]
1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in
the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside,
each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in
front for the driver.
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Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect
to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches
and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats
inside, each for two or three persons, and seats
outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
[1913 Webster]
2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for
examination. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
coach. --G. Eliot.
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3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck,
usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.]
[Obs.]
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The commanders came on board and the council sat in
the coach. --Pepys.
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4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished
from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is
sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
[1913 Webster]
5. One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who
assists in training individual athletes or the members of
a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions
in sports; as, a third base coach.
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couch grass
(gcide) | Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [Properly
quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous
growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf.
Couch grass.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running
rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,
and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass,
quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See
Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Couch grass \Couch" grass`\ (gr?s`). (Bot.)
See Quitch grass.
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Couch grass
(gcide) | Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [Properly
quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous
growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf.
Couch grass.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running
rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,
and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass,
quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See
Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Couch grass \Couch" grass`\ (gr?s`). (Bot.)
See Quitch grass.
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Couchancy
(gcide) | Couchancy \Couch"an*cy\ (kouch"an-s?), n.
State of lying down for repose. [R.]
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Couchant
(gcide) | Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See
Couch, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
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2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which
distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of
dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
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Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; --
said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long
enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down
and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a
day and night at the least. --Blackstone.
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Couchant and levant
(gcide) | Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See
Couch, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
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2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which
distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of
dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
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Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; --
said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long
enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down
and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a
day and night at the least. --Blackstone.
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Couch'e
(gcide) | Couch'e \Cou`ch['e]"\ (k??`sh?"), a. [F., p. p. of coucher. See
Couch, v. t. ] (Her.)
(a) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is
usually erect, as an escutcheon.
(b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couch['e] is one
which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has
its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
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Couched
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
[1913 Webster]
The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
[1913 Webster]
3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
[1913 Webster]
It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
[1913 Webster]
5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
[1913 Webster]
There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
[1913 Webster]
To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
[1913 Webster]
He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]Couched \Couched\ (koucht), a. (Her.)
Same as Couch?.
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Couchee
(gcide) | Couchee \Cou"chee\ (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch?e a
sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ]
A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a
sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] --Dryden.
The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the
antechambers were full. --Bp. Burnet.
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Coucher
(gcide) | Coucher \Couch"er\ (kouch"?r), n.
1. One who couches.
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2. (Paper Manuf.) One who couches paper.
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3. [Cf. L. collectarius.] (O. Eng. Law)
(a) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
--Blount.
(b) The book in which a corporation or other body
registers its particular acts. [Obs.] --Cowell.
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Couching
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
[1913 Webster]
The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
[1913 Webster]
3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
[1913 Webster]
It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
[1913 Webster]
5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
[1913 Webster]
There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
[1913 Webster]
To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
[1913 Webster]
He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]Couching \Couch"ing\, n.
1. (Med.) The operation of putting down or displacing the
opaque lens in cataract.
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2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of
the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
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Couchless
(gcide) | Couchless \Couch"less\ (kouch"l?s), a.
Having no couch or bed.
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Counter-couchant
(gcide) | Counter-couchant \Coun"ter-couch`ant\ (koun"t[~e]r*kouch"ant),
a. (Her.)
Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said
of animals borne in a coat of arms.
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Dasyprocta acouchy
(gcide) | Acouchy \A*cou"chy\, n. [F. acouchi, from the native name
Guiana.] (Zool.)
A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
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Recouch
(gcide) | Recouch \Re*couch"\ (r?*kouch"), v. i. [Pref. re- + couch: cf.
F. recoucher.]
To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] --Sir
H. Wotton.
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Serranus Couchii
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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To couch a lance
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
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2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
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The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
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3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
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4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
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5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
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He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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To couch a spear
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
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2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
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The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
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3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
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4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
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5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
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He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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To couch malt
(gcide) | Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
+ locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
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1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
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Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
--Shak.
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2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
by the reflexive pronoun.
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The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
Burnet.
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3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
--Bacon.
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4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
further drying.
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5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
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There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
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6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
-- used with in and under.
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A well-couched invective. --Milton.
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I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
position of attack; to place in rest.
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He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
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accouchement
(wn) | accouchement
n 1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth,
childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth] |
accoucheur
(wn) | accoucheur
n 1: a physician specializing in obstetrics [syn:
obstetrician, accoucheur] |
accoucheuse
(wn) | accoucheuse
n 1: a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn:
midwife, accoucheuse] |
couch
(wn) | couch
n 1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa,
couch, lounge]
2: a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
3: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or
psychoanalytic treatment
v 1: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't
put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] |
couch grass
(wn) | couch grass
n 1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;
naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: dog grass,
couch grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass,
witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens] |
couch potato
(wn) | couch potato
n 1: an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching
television) |
couchant
(wn) | couchant
adj 1: lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed
forward |
couchette
(wn) | couchette
n 1: a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to
6 berths for sleeping |
covered couch
(wn) | covered couch
n 1: a litter with a cover for privacy |
studio couch
(wn) | studio couch
n 1: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be
converted into a double bed [syn: studio couch, {day
bed}] |
ACCOUCHEMENT
(bouvier) | ACCOUCHEMENT. The act of giving birth to a child. It is frequently important
to prove the filiation of an individual; this may be done in several ways.
The fact of the accouchement may be proved by the direct testimony of one
who was present, as a physician, a midwife, or other person. 1 Bouv. Inst.
u. 314.
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COUCHANT
(bouvier) | COUCHANT. Lying down. Animals are said to have been levant and couchant,
when they have been upon another person's land, damage feasant, one night at
least. 3 Bl. Com. 9.
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LEVANT ET COUCHANT
(bouvier) | LEVANT ET COUCHANT. This French phrase, which ought perhaps more properly to
be couchant et levant, signifies literally rising and lying down. In law, it
denotes that space of time which cattle have been on the land in which they
have had time to lie down and rise again, which, in general, is held to be
one night at least. 3 Bl. Com. 9; Dane's Ab. Index, h. t; 2 Lilly's Ab. 167;
Wood's Inst. 190; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1641.
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