About The Word Couchant
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Couchant
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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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