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couchant
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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
(wn) | couchant
adj 1: lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed
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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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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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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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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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