Couch (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
Couch (v. i.) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
Couch (v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
Couch (v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
Couch (v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
Couch (v. t.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with head erect; squatting.
Couchant (v. t.) 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.
Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
Couche (v. t.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
Couched (a.) Same as Couch/.
Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.
Coucher (n.) One who couches.
Coucher (n.) One who couches paper.
Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
Coucher (n.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
Couch grass () See Quitch grass.
Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
Couchless (a.) Having no couch or bed.
Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
Cougar (n.) An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.
Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Cough
Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cough
Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.
Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.
Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Couhage (n.) See Cowhage.
Could (imp.) Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.
Coulee (n.) A stream
Coulee (n.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca–on, which has precipitous sides.
Coulisse (n.) A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
Coulisse (n.) One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
Couloir (n.) A deep gorge; a gully.
Couloir (n.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.
Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber.
Coulter (n.) Same as Colter.
Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.
Coumaric (a.) Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana.
Coumarin (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.
Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.
Council (n.) Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
Councilist (n.) One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion.
Councilmen (pl. ) of Councilman
Councilman (n.) A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
Councilor (n.) A member of a council.
Co-une (v. t.) To combine or unite.
Co-unite (v. t.) To unite.
Co-unite (a.) United closely with another.
Counsel (n.) Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Counsel (n.) Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
Counsel (n.) Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
Counsel (n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
Counsel (n.) One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.
Counseled (imp. & p. p.) of Counsel
Counselled () of Counsel
Counseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counsel
Counselling () of Counsel
Counsel (v. t.) To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
Counsel (v. t.) To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
Counselable (a.) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
Counselable (a.) Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise.
Counselor (n.) One who counsels; an adviser.
Counselor (n.) A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]
Counselor (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
Counselorship (n.) The function and rank or office of a counselor.
Counted (imp. & p. p.) of Count
Counting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Count
Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
Count (v. t.) To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Count (v. t.) To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
Count (v. i.) To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
Count (v. i.) To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
Count (v. i.) To take account or note; -- with
Count (v. i.) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Count (v. t.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
Count (v. t.) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
Count (n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
Countable (a.) Capable of being numbered.
Counttenance (n.) Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.
Counttenance (n.) The face; the features.
Counttenance (n.) Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.
Counttenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
Countenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Countenance
Countenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countenance
Countenance (v. t.) To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.
Countenancer (n.) One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Counter (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.