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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Couching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of stooping or bowing.

Couching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Lying down; laying down; lying close; involving; including; expressing; depressing a cataract.

Couching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

Couching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913