QUILLER-COUCH

Meaning of QUILLER-COUCH in English

/kwil"euhr koohch"/ , n.

Sir Arthur Thomas ( "Q" ), 1863-1944, English novelist and critic.

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QUILLER-COUCH — biographical name Sir Arthur Thomas 1863-1944 pseudonym Q English author
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUILLER-COUCH — Quiller-Couch BrE AmE ˌkwɪl ə ˈkuːtʃ AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUILLER-COUCH — biographical name Sir Arthur Thomas 1863-1944 pseudonym Q English author
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUILLER-COUCH — Pronunciation: ' kwi-l ə r- ' küch Function: biographical name Sir Arthur Thomas 1863-1944 pseud. Q Eng. author
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUILLER-COUCH — (1863–1944) an English author and professor of English at Cambridge University (1912–44). He is best known as the editor of …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
COUCH — I. ˈkau̇ch; in sense 9 usually ˈküch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English couchen, from Middle French couchier, coucher …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUILLER — ˈkwilə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: quill (I) + -er 1. : a machine used in transferring yarn from spools …
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COUCH — (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
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COUCH — ( v. t. ) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUCH — ( v. t. ) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor …
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QUILLER — /kwil"euhr/ , n. 1. a machine for quilling yarn. 2. a person who operates such a machine. [ 1850-55; QUILL …
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COUCH — /kowch/ or, for 6, 15, /koohch/ , n. 1. a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, …
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COUCH — v. recline; lower; ambush; express, put into words; transfer to a couch (Papermaking)
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COUCH — I. ˈkau̇ch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher, from Latin collocare to set in place — more at collocate …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUCH — vt to lay upon a bed or other resting place. 2. couch ·vt a preliminary layer, as of color, size, …
Webster English vocab
COUCH — [couch] vb [ME, fr. MF coucher, fr. L collocare to set in place--more at collocate] vt (14c) 1: to lay …
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COUCH — in modern usage a sofa or settee, but in the 17th and 18th centuries a long, upholstered seat for reclining, …
Britannica English vocabulary
COUCH — Couch BrE AmE kuːtʃ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COUCH — couch BrE AmE kaʊtʃ —but in ▶ ˈ couch grass also kuːtʃ ▷ couched kaʊtʃt ▷ couches ˈkaʊtʃ ɪz -əz …
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COUCH — / kaʊtʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long comfortable seat for two or more people to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUCH — I. couch 1 /kaʊtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: couche , from coucher …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COUCH — n. (in full couch grass) any of several grasses of the genus Agropyron, esp. A. repens, having long creeping roots. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUCH — n. & v. --n. 1 an upholstered piece of furniture for several people; a sofa. 2 a long padded seat …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUCH — n. (in full couch grass) any of several grasses of the genus Agropyron, esp. A. repens, having long creeping roots. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUCH — n. & v. n. 1 an upholstered piece of furniture for several people; a sofa. 2 a long padded seat …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUCH — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an upholstered piece of furniture for several people; a sofa. 2 a long padded …
Oxford English vocab
COUCH — ( couches, couching, couched) 1. A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people. = sofa, settee …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES couch potato COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE casting ▪ The casting couch , they …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COUCH — Synonyms and related words : analysis, bear down, bed, bed down, bedstead, bring low, bunk, burrow, cave, conceive, couch in …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUCH — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ comfortable , comfy ( informal ), plush ( esp. AmE ), soft ( esp. AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COUCH — n. 25B6; noun she seated herself on the couch : SETTEE, sofa, divan, chaise longue, chesterfield, love seat, settle, ottoman; …
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COUCH — n. 1 sofa, settee, settle, divan, love-seat, chaise (longue); day-bed; tête-à-tête, vis-à-vis, siamoise; US Davenport Come and sit by me …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUILLER — уточно-мотальная [уточно-перемоточная] машина
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUCH — I 1. сущ. 1) а) диван, софа, кушетка и т. п.; книж. ложе б) кушетка, на которой проводятся сеансы психиатра …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUCH — couch.ogg _I 1. kaʋtʃ n 1. 1> кушетка; тахта; диван 2> ложе, кресло, сиденье ( космонавта ) 2. (the couch) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUILLER — уточно-мотальная [уточно-перемоточная] машина
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
QUILLER — уточно-мотальная [уточно-перемоточная] машина
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
COUCH — _I 1. kaʋtʃ n 1. 1> кушетка; тахта; диван 2> ложе, кресло, сиденье ( космонавта ) 2. (the couch) 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COUCH — I kauʧ 1. сущ. 1) диван, софа, кушетка и т. п.; книжн. ложе casting couch — постель ( как способ …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COUCH — I [°µЌ ] couch.wav 1. сущ. 1) диван, софа, кушетка и т. п.; книжн. ложе casting couch — постель (как способ получить роль …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUILLER — намоточное устройство
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
QUILLER — уточно-мотальная [уточно-перемоточная] машина
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUCH — I 1. сущ. 1) а) диван, софа, кушетка и т. п.; книж. ложе б) кушетка, на которой проводятся сеансы психиатра …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUILLER-COUCH, SIR ARTHUR (THOMAS) — born Nov. 21, 1863, Bodmin, Cornwall, Eng. died May 12, 1944, Fowey, Cornwall English poet, novelist, and anthologist. Educated at …
Английский словарь Британика
ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH — ➡ Quiller-Couch
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THOMAS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Affleck Thomas Aldrich Thomas Bailey Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Aquinas Saint Thomas Arne Thomas …
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SIR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Alma …
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ARTHUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Adamov Arthur Arthur's Pass {{link=Arthur Chester Alan">Arthur Chester Alan Ashe Arthur Robert Jr. Baldwin …
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YIELD — I. ˈyēld, esp before pause or consonant ˈyēəld verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English yielden, yelden, for Old English …
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WITNESS — I. ˈwitnə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English witnesse, from Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit, n. …
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USUAL — I. ˈyüzh(ə)wəl, -zhəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French usuel, from Late Latin usualis that …
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UNCONSCIOUS — I. |ən+ adjective 1. a. : not knowing or perceiving : not aware seemed quite unconscious of her scrutiny — …
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TRIBUTARY — I. ˈtribyəˌterē, -ri adjective Etymology: Middle English tributarie, from Latin tributarius, from tributum tribute + -arius -ary 1. a. : …
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TRANSLATE — I. tran(t)ˈslāt, traan-, -nzˈ- also ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Latin translatus, tralatus (suppletive past participle of …
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TART — I. ˈtär]t, ˈtȧ], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English teart sharp, severe; akin to …
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TAB — I. ˈtab, -aa(ə)b noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : a short flap, loop, …
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SUSPECT — I. (ˈ)sə|spekt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to suspect — …
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SPLIT — I. ˈsplit, usu -id.+V verb ( split or archaic splitted ; split or archaic splitted ; splitting ; splits ) …
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SITE — I. ˈsīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French site, from …
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SINGLE — I. ˈsiŋgəl adjective Etymology: Middle English single, sengle, from Middle French, from Latin singulus one only, individual; akin to Latin …
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SERRATE — I. ˈseˌrāt, usu -ād.+V transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Late Latin serratus, past participle of serrare to saw, from …
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SERIOUS
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SALT — I. ˈsȯlt, chiefly Brit ˈsält noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealt; akin to Old Frisian, …
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RETORT — I. rə̇ˈtȯ(ə)r]t, rēˈ-, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Latin retortus, past participle of retorquēre to turn back, …
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