couchern.²

/ˈkaʊtʃə/

Forms: Also Middle English ? co(u)choure, 1500s cuitchour.

Etymology: apparently < Anglo-Norman *couchour = French coucheur he who lies, a lier, < coucher : see couch v.¹

1. One lying down: in 15th cent. quot. perhaps one confined to bed; in Scottish one who lies when he ought to be active, a laggard, coward, poltroon.

ΚΠ

14.. Seven Deadly Sins 76 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 217 He [Auaryssia]..kepith me low lyke a cochoure.

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2605 Sir, I compleine vpon the idill men..Iugglers, Iestars, and idill cuitchours.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) lxv. 147 To goe to the camp with Christ, seeing he will not..sit at the fire-side with couchers.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch iv. 35 I..took the coucher's blow.

2. One who couches or crouches.

ΚΠ

1880 R. Browning Dr. —— in Dramatic Idyls 2nd Ser. The coucher by the sick man's head.

†3. A tablecloth; = couch n.¹ 4. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > tablecloth

board-clothc1200

clothc1300

napec1400

tablecloth1438

underclothc1440

couchc1460

copea1475

dresser1571

coucher1572

1572 Inv. in T. D. Whitaker Hist. Craven (1812) 229 One cowcher, or carpett, for a longe table.

†4.

a. A large book, such as remains lying for use on a desk or table. Obsolete. Cf. ledger n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > large book > that lies on desk or table

coucher1519

ledgerc1600

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 84 A whole boke is commenly called indifferentlye a volume, a boke, a coucher: but..A volume is lesse than a boke: and a boke lesse than a coucher.

†b. esp. A large breviary that lay permanently on a desk in church or chapel. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] > large

ledger1401

coucher1444

ledger-book1553

1444 Will of Walter Clovyle (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 237^v) Librum vocatum a Cowcher ad deseruiendum in ecclesia.

1467 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 235 Do et lego ecclesiæ collegiatæ Ripon', unum coucher magnum de usu Ebor', quem volo..in stallo præbendæ de Thorp cathena ferrea ligari.

1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 199 Item an other cowcher with ij claspis of siluer.

1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 10 §1 All Books called..Couchers, Journals, Ordinals..shall be..abolished.

1559 Injunct. Q. Eliz. in Sparrow Coll. (1675) 47 Item That the Church-Wardens..shall deliver unto our Visitors the Inventories of Vestments, Copes..and specially of Grayles, Couchers..and such like.

†c. A large cartulary or register; a coucher-book n. at Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > large register

cartuary1539

cartulary?1541

coucher1607

coucher-book1611

chartulary1633

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. T3^v/2 Coucher,..the generall booke, into which any corporation entreth their particular acts for a perpetuall remembrance of them.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher..In some old Statutes, it is taken for a Book, in which a Corporation, etc. Register their particular Acts.

†5. A resident commercial agent or factor in a foreign place. Obsolete. Cf. ambassador leger.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > resident abroad

consula1513

coucher1607

comptoir1722

proconsul1939

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. T3^v/2 Cowcher, signifieth a factour that continueth in some place..for trafique.

1664 Keymer's Observ. Dutch Fishing in Phenix (1721) I. 227 She [the Herring-Buss] imployeth..at Land Viewers, Packers..Couchers to make the Herrings lawful Merchandizes.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher, an old Word for a Factor residing in some Foreign Country for Traffick, as formerly in Gascoigne to buy Wines.

†6. A setter dog. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher..also a Setter, or Setting-dog.

Compounds

† coucher-book n. Obsolete a large cartulary.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > large register

cartuary1539

cartulary?1541

coucher1607

coucher-book1611

chartulary1633

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chartulaire, a Terrier, or Coucher-book.

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 17 Old charters that I met with among the Kings Records, and in the Coucher-bookes of Monasteries.

1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 155 All..Coucher-books or Liegers and Records that ever I could yet see.

1891 J. T. Fowler Coucher-bk. of Selby (Yorks. Record Ser.) I. xvii The Coucher book, Cartulary, or Register, here printed, is a manuscript on vellum..13 × 9 inches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

couchern.³

Etymology: in modern French coucheur (etymology = coucher n.²) and couchart.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoucher.

Paper-making.

1. The workman who lays the sheet of pulp on the felt to be pressed (in making hand-made paper).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of paper > [noun] > involved in specific process

hot-presser1621

coucher1751

vat-man1839

sizer1863

rag engineer1875

beater-man1880

paper-glosser1882

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Paper He delivers it [the pulp] to the coucher, who couches it upon a felt laid on a plank, and lays another felt on it; and so successively.

1807 Cobb Specif. Patent 3084 3 The..machinery may be worked..without requiring the assistance of a coucher.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 365 [article Paper Maker] The Coucher receives the mould from the first man, and turns on the sheet upon a felt or woollen cloth.

1855 R. Herring Paper (1863) 51 Montgolfier contrived three figures of wood to do the work of the vatman, the coucher, and the layer.

2. A mechanical contrivance for doing the same.

ΚΠ

1857 J. Munsell Chronol. Paper-making (1870) 167 A coucher and a scraper combined.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	coucher
释义	† couchern.¹ Forms: Also Middle English coucheour. Etymology: apparently < Anglo-Norman coucheour: compare French coucheur* ‘a coucher’ (Cotgrave). Obsolete. ? A couch-maker, an upholsterer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > upholsterer coucher1415 upholsterer1613 upholster1666 upholder1761 bug hunter1788 1415 in York Myst. Introd. 23 Tapisers, Couchers. c1440 York Myst. xxx. 270 (heading) The Tapiteres and Couchers. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1597 Carpentours, cotelers, coucheours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). couchern.² /ˈkaʊtʃə/ Forms: Also Middle English ? co(u)choure, 1500s cuitchour. Etymology: apparently < Anglo-Norman couchour = French coucheur* he who lies, a lier, < coucher : see couch v.¹ 1. One lying down: in 15th cent. quot. perhaps one confined to bed; in Scottish one who lies when he ought to be active, a laggard, coward, poltroon. ΚΠ 14.. Seven Deadly Sins 76 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 217 He [Auaryssia]..kepith me low lyke a cochoure. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2605 Sir, I compleine vpon the idill men..Iugglers, Iestars, and idill cuitchours. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) lxv. 147 To goe to the camp with Christ, seeing he will not..sit at the fire-side with couchers. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch iv. 35 I..took the coucher's blow. 2. One who couches or crouches. ΚΠ 1880 R. Browning Dr. —— in Dramatic Idyls 2nd Ser. The coucher by the sick man's head. †3. A tablecloth; = couch n.¹ 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > tablecloth board-clothc1200 clothc1300 napec1400 tablecloth1438 underclothc1440 couchc1460 copea1475 dresser1571 coucher1572 1572 Inv. in T. D. Whitaker Hist. Craven (1812) 229 One cowcher, or carpett, for a longe table. †4. a. A large book, such as remains lying for use on a desk or table. Obsolete. Cf. ledger n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > large book > that lies on desk or table coucher1519 ledgerc1600 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 84 A whole boke is commenly called indifferentlye a volume, a boke, a coucher: but..A volume is lesse than a boke: and a boke lesse than a coucher. †b. esp. A large breviary that lay permanently on a desk in church or chapel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] > large ledger1401 coucher1444 ledger-book1553 1444 Will of Walter Clovyle (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 237^v) Librum vocatum a Cowcher ad deseruiendum in ecclesia. 1467 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 235 Do et lego ecclesiæ collegiatæ Ripon', unum coucher magnum de usu Ebor', quem volo..in stallo præbendæ de Thorp cathena ferrea ligari. 1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 199 Item an other cowcher with ij claspis of siluer. 1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 10 §1 All Books called..Couchers, Journals, Ordinals..shall be..abolished. 1559 Injunct. Q. Eliz. in Sparrow Coll. (1675) 47 Item That the Church-Wardens..shall deliver unto our Visitors the Inventories of Vestments, Copes..and specially of Grayles, Couchers..and such like. †c. A large cartulary or register; a coucher-book n. at Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > large register cartuary1539 cartulary?1541 coucher1607 coucher-book1611 chartulary1633 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. T3^v/2 Coucher,..the generall booke, into which any corporation entreth their particular acts for a perpetuall remembrance of them. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher..In some old Statutes, it is taken for a Book, in which a Corporation, etc. Register their particular Acts. †5. A resident commercial agent or factor in a foreign place. Obsolete. Cf. ambassador leger. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > resident abroad consula1513 coucher1607 comptoir1722 proconsul1939 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. T3^v/2 Cowcher, signifieth a factour that continueth in some place..for trafique. 1664 Keymer's Observ. Dutch Fishing in Phenix (1721) I. 227 She [the Herring-Buss] imployeth..at Land Viewers, Packers..Couchers to make the Herrings lawful Merchandizes. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher, an old Word for a Factor residing in some Foreign Country for Traffick, as formerly in Gascoigne to buy Wines. †6. A setter dog. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Coucher..also a Setter, or Setting-dog. Compounds † coucher-book n. Obsolete a large cartulary. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > large register cartuary1539 cartulary?1541 coucher1607 coucher-book1611 chartulary1633 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chartulaire, a Terrier, or Coucher-book. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 17 Old charters that I met with among the Kings Records, and in the Coucher-bookes of Monasteries. 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 155 All..Coucher-books or Liegers and Records that ever I could yet see. 1891 J. T. Fowler Coucher-bk. of Selby (Yorks. Record Ser.) I. xvii The Coucher book, Cartulary, or Register, here printed, is a manuscript on vellum..13 × 9 inches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). couchern.³ Etymology: in modern French coucheur (etymology = coucher n.²) and couchart.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoucher. Paper-making. 1. The workman who lays the sheet of pulp on the felt to be pressed (in making hand-made paper). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of paper > [noun] > involved in specific process hot-presser1621 coucher1751 vat-man1839 sizer1863 rag engineer1875 beater-man1880 paper-glosser1882 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Paper He delivers it [the pulp] to the coucher, who couches it upon a felt laid on a plank, and lays another felt on it; and so successively. 1807 Cobb Specif. Patent 3084 3 The..machinery may be worked..without requiring the assistance of a coucher. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 365 [article Paper Maker] The Coucher receives the mould from the first man, and turns on the sheet upon a felt or woollen cloth. 1855 R. Herring Paper (1863) 51 Montgolfier contrived three figures of wood to do the work of the vatman, the coucher, and the layer. 2. A mechanical contrivance for doing the same. ΚΠ 1857 J. Munsell Chronol. Paper-making (1870) 167 A coucher and a scraper combined. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.¹1415n.²14..n.³1751
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