Couch

·vt To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

II. Couch ·vt A preliminary layer, as of color, size, ·etc.

III. Couch ·vt Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, ·etc.

IV. Couch ·vt To Conceal; to include or involve darkly.

V. Couch ·vt To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to Bed.

VI. Couch ·vt A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.

VII. Couch ·vt To arrange or dispose as in a bed;

— sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

VIII. Couch ·vt To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.

IX. Couch ·vt To Arrange; to Place; to Inlay.

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

XI. Couch ·vi To lie down for concealment; to Hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.

XII. Couch ·vi To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, ·etc.; to Stoop; to Crouch.

XIII. Couch ·vi To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to Repose; to Lie.

XIV. Couch ·vt A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

XV. Couch ·vt To put into some form of language; to Express; to Phrase;

— used with in and under.