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111lean — [OE] Lean ‘thin’ and lean ‘incline’ are of course of completely different origin. The adjective goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khlainjaz. The verb can be traced to an Indo European base *kli ‘lean, slope’, which has given English a wealth… …
112lean back — verb move the upper body backwards and down (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑recline • Derivationally related forms: ↑reclining (for: ↑recline) • Hypernyms: ↑lean, ↑ …
113reclining chair — noun an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it • Syn: ↑recliner, ↑lounger • Derivationally related forms: ↑lounge (for: ↑lounger), ↑recline ( …
114couch´like´ — couch1 «kowch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long seat, usually upholstered and having a back and arms; sofa: »Over against one wall was a black leather couch not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).… …
115couch´er — couch1 «kowch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long seat, usually upholstered and having a back and arms; sofa: »Over against one wall was a black leather couch not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).… …
116rec|li|nate — «REHK luh nayt», adjective. Botany. bent or curved downward, as a leaf in a bud. ╂[< Latin reclīnātus, past participle of reclīnāre; see etym. under recline (Cf. ↑recline)] …
117PASSOVER — (Heb. פֶּסַח, Pesah), a spring festival, beginning on the 15th day of Nisan, lasting seven days in Israel and eight in the Diaspora. It commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. The first and seventh days (the first two and last two in the Diaspora)… …
118THERAPEUTAE — THERAPEUTAE, a name given to a group of Jewish ascetics who lived in a community close to Alexandria in the first century C.E. This particular group is described specifically only by the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo in his treatise De… …
119Accubation — Ac cu*ba tion ([a^]k*k[ u]*b[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See {Accumb}.] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. [1913 Webster] …
120Accumb — Ac*cumb ([a^]k*k[u^]mb ), v. i. [L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down.] To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] …
