couch (the gen. senses are ‘lay’ and ‘lie’)
1.
to cause to crouch
Lucr. 507
“a falcon towering in
the skies, Coucheth the fowl
below.”
2.
to lower to the
position of attack
1H6 III. ii. 134
“A braver soldier never
couched lance.”
3.
to lie hidden or in
ambush Wiv. V. ii. 1,
All'sW. IV. i. 24
“, ho! here he
comes,”
Tit. V. ii. 38, Ham. V. i. 244, Lr. III. i. 12.
