noun. In agriculture, the operation of clearing land from couch-grass.

noun. The act of stooping or bowing.

noun. In surgery, an operation in cases of cataract, consisting in the removal of the opaque crystalline lens out of the axis of vision by means of a needle: now rarely practised.

noun. In malting, the spreading of malt to dry after steeping. See couch, transitive verb, 3.

noun. In paper-making, the removal of the flake of pulp from the mold on which it is formed to a felt.

noun. A kind of embroidery in which silk, gold thread, or the like is laid upon the surface of the foundation instead of being drawn through it.

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

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

verb. Present participle of couch.

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

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

"_ -- These used to be extensively practised under the name couching, and are of two kinds, -- _Depression_, where the lens is simply pushed down from its place by a needle; _Reclination_, in which it is shoved backwards (turning on its transverse axis) as well as downwards."

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