Couch(v. t.)
- To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
Couch(v. t.)
- To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
Couch(v. i.)
- To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
Couch(v. i.)
- To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
Couch(v. i.)
- To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
Couch(v. t.)
- A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
Couch(v. t.)
- Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
Couch(v. t.)
- A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
Couch(v. t.)
- A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
Couche(v. t.)
- Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
Couche(v. t.)
- Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.