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† diˈscumb, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. discumb-ĕre to lie down, recline, f. dis- 1 + -cumbĕre to lie down: cf. cumbent.]
intr. To recline (at table). Hence diˈscumbing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1683J. Evans Kneeling at Sacrament i. 21 At the beginning of the Paschal Feast the Jews did put themselves into this Discumbing or Leaning posture..while they Eat and Drank the two first Cups of Wine. 1684Vind. Case Indiff. Things 38 The posture of discumbing. 1699T. Bennet Dissenters' Pleas (1711) 170 Some convenient posture, such as kneeling, sitting, discumbing, standing. |