Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, represented as lying at rest upon the ground, as a buck, hart, hind, etc. Also
harbored and couchant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as
couchant is of beasts of prey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lodge . - adjective heraldry
lying down ; used of beasts of the chase, ascouchant is used of beasts of prey.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pakistani officials said Thursday that they had again lodged complaints with U.S. officials.
Pakistan blocks NATO's Afghan-bound supply trucks after airstrike kills 3
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Pakistani officials said Thursday that they had again lodged complaints with U.S. officials.
Pakistan blocks NATO's Afghan-bound supply trucks after airstrike kills 3
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Katie still bears the scars of the day she was shot at close range by Wayne McDonald and pellets from his gun remain lodged in her leg.
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I think I have an actual piece of crispy pork skin lodged in my aorta, but it was worth it.
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He tried to speak her name, but the word lodged in his throat.
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Two bullets will remain lodged inside his body for life.
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Two bullets will remain lodged inside his body for life.
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Microsoft is expected to review the charges and have a response within the next two months. failed court appeal by Microsoft last year against the original European antitrust ruling, the new charges are just some of the many charges anticipated - originally stemming from a complaint lodged from the Norwegian browser developer, Opera Software.
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* Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers’ brains, such as” Feliz Navidad”, the Archies’” Sugar” or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
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A frightening specter from David Brooks: “Perhaps, as my friend Daniel Casse notes, what the G.O.P. needs is Newt Gingrich’s brain lodged in Fred Thompson’s temperament.”
hernesheir commented on the word lodged
Sable, a stag lodged regardant, and between the attires a bird or -- NORTOST, Norfolk.
October 9, 2011
leaden commented on the word lodged
Curiously, Wordnik lists couchant as an antonym, while the CD&C declares it a synonym. Perhaps this is related to the “rare” confusion the CD&C notes, in its third definition of couchant (which see), between couchant and dormant.
October 9, 2011