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Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.

Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch..

Obstetrician :: Obstetrician (n.) One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.

Accoucheuse :: Accoucheuse (n.) A midwife.

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

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..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

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..

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..

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)..

Arest :: Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.

Couching :: Couching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couc.

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

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..

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

Bedfellow :: Bedfellow (n.) One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

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

Hammock :: Hammock (n.) A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends..

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