crouchantadj.
/ˈkraʊtʃənt/ Crouching.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective]
quatc1425
hurkling?a1513
hurkled1567
squat1582
crouchanta1593
crouching1600
couchant1693
squatted1818
squatting1871
scrooched1885
a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 119 To mayntaine his Papists pendant and crouchant which live among Christians.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 113/2 Droll fellows.., crouchant under the fancied burdens of waterspouts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.a1593- malacological
- malacologies
- malacologist
- malacologists
- malacology
- malacon
- malacone
- malacopterygian
- malacopterygians
- malacopterygious
- malacosteon
- malacostomous
- malacostracan
- malacostracans
- malacostracological
- malacostracologist
- malacostracology
- malacostracous
- malacotomic
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- malacotomy
- malacozoic
- malacozoic series
- make bold
- make bones about