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Triclinium :: Triclinium (n.) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts..

Coucher :: Coucher (n.) One who couches.

Coucher :: Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract..

Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge..

Lair :: Lair (n.) A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast..

Depression :: Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying..

Couching :: Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through..

Counter-couchant :: Counter-couchant (a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms..

Divan :: Divan (n.) A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable..

Accoucheur :: Accoucheur (n.) A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon..

Couchee :: Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince..

Couchant :: Couchant (v. t.) 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..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..

Couchant :: Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with head erect; squatting.

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