[Coco] What exactly is a couch? (WAS: Re: (no subject))
James Hrubik
jimhrubik at earthlink.net
Sun Jul 15 14:07:08 EDT 2007
Looks like sofa is mentioned in the original post.
On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:37 AM, theother_bob wrote:
> Ironic that the word sofa is nowhere in there! ;-p
>
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> That's why I prefer the word "chesterfield" rather than the American
> import, but alas :)
>
> sk
>
> On 14/07/07, Dave Kelly <daveekelly at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> This one got really long. Some defs I was unaware of.
>> =================================================================
>> The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
>> [gcide]
>>
>>
>> Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier.
>> See Couch, v. t. ]
>> 1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the
>> United States, a lounge.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile
>> In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
>> --Shak.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
>> About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
>> --Bryant.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate,
>> in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch
>> of malt.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color,
>> size, etc.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>>
>>
>> Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht);
>> p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie
>> down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col-
>> + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
>> [1913 Webster]
>> 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,
>> Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
>> --Shak.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed
>> by the reflexive pronoun.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> The waters couch themselves as may be to the center
>> of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T.
>> Burnet.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch
>> potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
>> --Bacon.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried
>> pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for
>> further drying.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> There is all this, and more, that lies naturally
>> couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase;
>> -- used with in and under.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> A well-couched invective. --Milton.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather
>> cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque
>> lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> To couch a spear or To couch a lance, to lower to the
>> position of attack; to place in rest.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> He stooped his head, and couched his spear,
>> And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W.
>> Scott.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>>
>>
>> Couch \Couch\, v. i.
>> 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of
>> rest; to repose; to lie.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in
>> hand. --Shak.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
>> --Shak.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to
>> be included or involved darkly.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the
>> light of our fairies. --Shak.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet
>> couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I.
>> Taylor.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to
>> stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> An aged squire
>> That seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
>> --Spenser.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>>
>>
>> Coach \Coach\ (k[=o]ch; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio,
>> dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel
>> shell, Gr. ?, akin to Skr. [,c]ankha. Cf. Conch,
>> Cockboat, Cockle.]
>> 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in
>> the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside,
>> each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in
>> front for the driver.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect
>> to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches
>> and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats
>> inside, each for two or three persons, and seats
>> outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for
>> examination. [Colloq.]
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
>> coach. --G. Eliot.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck,
>> usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.]
>> [Obs.]
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> The commanders came on board and the council sat in
>> the coach. --Pepys.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished
>> from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is
>> sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
>> [1913 Webster]
>>
>> 5. One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who
>> assists in training individual athletes or the members of
>> a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions
>> in sports; as, a third base coach.
>> [+PJC]
>>
>>
>>
>> WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
>>
>>
>> couch
>> n 1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn:
>> sofa, lounge]
>> 2: a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
>> 3: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or
>> psychoanalytic treatment
>> v : formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't
>> put
>> it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
>> language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put]
>>
>>
>>
>> Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]
>>
>>
>> 123 Moby Thesaurus words for "couch":
>> analysis, bear down, bed, bed down, bedstead, bring low, bunk,
>> burrow, cave, conceive, couch in terms, covert, crawl, creep,
>> crouch, curl up, debase, den, depress, depth interview,
>> depth psychology, detrude, divan, doss, downbear, dream analysis,
>> dream symbolism, earth, embed, embody in words, express, form,
>> formularize, formulate, frame, give expression to, give words to,
>> go to bed, go to rest, group analysis, grovel, gumshoe, gurney,
>> haul down, hole, hug the earth, indent, interpretation of dreams,
>> kip, lair, lay wait, let down, lie down, lie in wait, lie low,
>> lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, litter, lodge, loll, lounge,
>> lower, lurk, mew, nightwalk, paragraph, phrase, present,
>> press down, prone, prostrate, prowl, psychanalysis,
>> psychoanalysis,
>> psychoanalytic method, psychoanalytic therapy, psychognosis,
>> psychognosy, psychology of depths, pull down, push down,
>> pussyfoot,
>> put, put in words, recline, reduce, repose, rest, rhetorize, run,
>> set out, settee, settle, settle to rest, shadow, sink, skulk,
>> slink, sneak, snug down, sofa, sprawl, squat, stalk, state,
>> steal,
>> stretcher, style, supinate, take down, take it easy,
>> take life easy, tete-a-tete, the couch, the hay, the sack,
>> thrust down, tiptoe, tunnel, underlie, vis-a-vis, word
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]
>>
>>
>> Couch
>> (Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for
>> repose or rest. (See BED.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]
>>
>>
>> Couch, MO
>> Zip code(s): 65690
>>
>> --
>> A little rum in the morning coffee. Just to clear the cobwebs, ya
>> know.
>>
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