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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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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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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.
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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]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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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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