uncouchv.
1. transitive. To raise up from a couch.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise [verb (transitive)] > from a couch
uncouchc1430
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > put in bed or provide a bed for [verb (transitive)] > cause to get up or out of bed > from a couch
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c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xxxv. 154 It is a god that..wole that men cowchen him ofte and vncowche him.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Dislettare, to vnbed, to vncouch.
2.
a. To drive (an animal) out of its lair. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover
starta1393
raisec1425
to put upa1475
rear1486
uprear1486
to start out1519
rouse1531
uncouch?a1562
to den outa1604
dislodge1632
tufta1640
draw1781
jump1836
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 60 The kyng..commaunded the huntes to oncouche the boore.
1609 T. Jackson Londons New-yeeres Gift f. 14v They are resembled vnto Foxes, whom we are now to vncouch.
1609 T. Jackson Londons New-yeeres Gift 20 b In the next place, we are to vncouch the Foxes Ecclesiasticall.
b. intransitive. Of an animal: To come out of its lair.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > get up from or come out of lair
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uncouch1860
1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. iv. §11. 4 As a young fawn uncouches..from the fern where some hunter approaches.
Derivatives
unˈcouched adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > expelling > expelled > from a lair
uncouched1609
1609 T. Jackson Londons New-yeeres Gift Ded. sig. A ijv My selfe [shall] remaine the safer from the teeth of vncouched Foxes, if [etc.].
unˈcouching n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > driving out game
uncouching1609
1609 T. Jackson (title) Londons new-yeeres gift, or the uncouching of the foxe.
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