1) Embroidery stitch 2) Eye surgery 3) Work so made
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In embroidery, couching and laid work are techniques in which yarn or other materials are laid across the surface of the ground fabric and fastened in place with small stitches of the same or a different yarn. The couching threads may be either the same color as the laid threads or a contrasting color. When couching threads contrast with laid thre...
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[ophthalmology] Couching is the earliest documented form of cataract surgery. As a cataract is a clouding in the lens of the eye, couching is a technique of dislodging the lens, thus removing the opacity. Although couching is no longer part of ophthalmic surgical practice, it was a precursor to modern cataract surgery and pars plana vitrect...
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• (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couch • (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
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<ophthalmology, procedure> An obsolete operation for cataract, consisting of displacement of the lens into the vitreous cavity out of the line of vision. ... Origin: Fr. Coucher, to lay down, to put to bed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Couch'ing noun 1. (Medicine) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
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Couching was an old operation for a cataract, which consisted in passing a needle into the eye, and with it pushing the lens out of its place to leave the pupil of the eye clear.
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In costume, couching is the decoration of a garment with cords or braids stitched onto the surface of the work.
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In couching hand or machine overcast stitches are used to attach a thread yarn or trim to a fabric. Learn different ways to do couching here.
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Technique that involves tacking down a fiber on top of the material to create curves and circles in your design.
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the act of a person or thing that couches. · a method of embroidering in which a thread, often heavy, laid upon the surface of the material, is caught down at intervals by stitches taken with another thread through the material. · work so made.
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