Meaning of COUCHANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'kawchunt
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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