Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See
Couch, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
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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.
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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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Couchant \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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