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(n.)
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accubation
\ac`cu*ba"tion\ (&?;), 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.
