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Couchant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Couchant? Synonyms \| Synonyms for Couchant: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Couchant: accumbent \| couche \| crawling \| crouched \| debased \| decumbent \| depressed \| draped \| flat \| groveling \| knee-high \| knocked flat \| laid low \| lolling \| lounging \| low \| low-built \| low-hung \| low-level \| low-leveled \| low-lying \| low-set \| low-statured \| lying \| neap \| procumbent \| prone \| prostrate \| reclining \| recumbent \| reposing \| resupine \| runty \| short \| sprawled \| sprawling \| spread \| squat \| squatty \| stooped \| stumpy \| supine \| unelevated See Also \| Couchant In Webster's Dictionary \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See {Couch}, v. t.] 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. 2. (Her.) 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. {Couchant and levant} (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. --Blackstone.

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\Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See
{Couch}, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.

2. (Her.) 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.

{Couchant and levant} (Law), rising up and lying down; --
   said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long
   enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down
   and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a
   day and night at the least. --Blackstone.

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