Part 2476

<h1>Cotyliform</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Co*tyl"i*form</hw> <tt>(k?-t?l"?-f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cotyle</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.</def>

<h1>Cotyligerous</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot`y*lig"er*ous</hw> <tt>(k?t`?-l?j"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cotyle</ets> + <ets>-gerous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having cotyles.</def>

<h1>Cotyloid</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"y*loid</hw> <tt>(k?t"?-loid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cotyle</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Shaped like a cup; <as>as, the <ex>cotyloid</ex> cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; <as>as, the <ex>cotyloid</ex> ligament, or notch</as>.</def>

<h1>Coucal</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou"cal</hw> <tt>(k??"k?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus <spn>Centropus</spn>, of several species.</def>

<h1>Couch</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Couch</hw> <tt>(kouch)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Couched</er> <tt>(koucht)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Couching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>coucher</ets> to lay down, lie down, OF. <ets>colchier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>collocare</ets> to lay, put, place; <ets>col-</ets> + <ets>locare</ets> to place, fr. <ets>locus</ets> place. See <er>Locus</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay upon a bed or other resting place.</def>

<blockquote>Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does <b>couch</b> his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To arrauge or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.</def>

<blockquote>The waters <b>couch</b> themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.</def>

<blockquote>It is at this day in use at Gaza, to <b>couch</b> potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Paper Making)</fld> <def>To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire clotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To conceal; to include or involve darkly.</def>

<blockquote>There is all this, and more, that lies naturally <b>couched</b> under this allegory. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To arrange; to place; to inlay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with <i>in</i> and <i>under</i>.</def>

<blockquote>A well-<b>couched</b> invective. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I had received a letter from Flora <b>couched</b> in rather cool terms. <i>Blackw. Mag.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; <as>as, to <ex>couch</ex> a cataract</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To couch a spear &or; lance</col>, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>He stooped his head, and <b>couched his spear</b>, And spurred his steed to full career. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To couch malt</col>, <cd>to spread malt on a floor.</cd></cs>