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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this and more that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as to couch a cataract. {To couch a} {spear or lance}, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. {To couch malt}, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Couched \Couched\ (koucht), a. (Her.) Same as {Couch?}.
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