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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..

Couched :: Couched (a.) Same as Couch/.

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

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

Couch :: 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..

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..

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

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

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

Couched :: Couched (imp. & p. p.) of Couc.

Repose :: Repose (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch..

Lodged :: Lodged (a.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey..

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..

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

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

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

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

Rest :: Rest (n.) To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch..

Levant :: Levant (a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant..

Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.

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