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Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

L :: L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus)..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.

Accubation :: Accubation (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc..

Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () 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, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc..

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

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

Couching :: Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

Squab :: Squab (n.) A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa..

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

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

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

Dormant :: Dormant (a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant..

Valance :: Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor..

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

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

Couch Grass :: Couch grass () See Quitch grass.

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

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