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Search phrase: couching

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As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.116Lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watchLay cowching head on ground, with catlike watch
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.147A couching lion and a ramping cat,A couching Lyon, and a ramping Cat,
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.305Till I were couching with the doctor's clerk.Till I were couching with the Doctors Clarke.

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couching[heraldry] lying down, crouching
couchingbowing, prostration, stooping

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