Couagga

[Fr.] (Zool.) See QUAGGA. Couch, v. a. Fr. coucher; It. colcare, from Lat. collo care- con, and loco, to lay.] To bed; to place upon a bed, or as upon a bed. "Where unbrais'd youth, with unstuff'd brain, Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign." - Shaks. -To hide or lay close; to conceal; to expre obscurity in; -preceding under. "Naturally couch'd under this allegory." - L'Estrange. To compose to rest; - preceding the reflexive pronoun. -To expre or comprehend; to phrase; as, a letter couched in fitting terms. "Couch'd in the dead letters of their name."-Dryden. ( Surg .) To depre a cataract , or that condensed crystalline film which overspreads the pupil of the eye. "Couches the cataracts, and clears his sight." - Dennis. -To fix a lance or spear in the rest, in an attitude of attack. "The knight 'gan fairly couch his steady spear." -Spenser. -v. n. To lie down, as on a bed or place of repose. "When love's fair godde , Couch'd with her husband in his golden bed." -To recline on the knees, in an attitude of rest. "Fierce tigers couch'd around." - Dryden. -To lie close or concealed: to lie in ambush. Dryden. "The Earl of Angus couch'd in a furrow, and was pa ed over for dead." - Hayward. -To stoop; to bend down; to make a reverential obeisance. "These couchings, and these lowly courtesies." - Shaks . -To lie in a bed, or stratum. "And for the deep that coucheth beneath."- Deut . xxxiii. Coucy, Couci, ( koo'se ,) the name of a French family, who were very powerful in the N. of France, chiefly from the 12th till the end of the 14th centuries.