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Accoucheuse :: Accoucheuse (n.) A midwife.

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..

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

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

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..

Coucher :: Coucher (n.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.

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

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..

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..

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

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 Grass :: Couch grass () See Quitch grass.

Acouchy :: Acouchy (n.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).

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

Couche :: 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..

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

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

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

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..

Lectica :: Lectica (n.) A kind of litter or portable couch.

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