Cambridge.
[This statement does not appear quite correct. Thomas Ryves, the
second son of William, is said to have married Jane, daughter of
Captain Burrows. See Hutchins's _Dorset_, vol. iii. p. 366., ped.
of _Ryves_.]
_Couched, to couch._--What is the earliest example of the use of this
word in the sense of "to embody," thus: "he _couched_ his thoughts in
excellent language?" Johnson cites Dryden and Atterbury as authorities
for the word, which, _me judice_, ought to be banished from the English
dictionary, since we have several older and more expressive terms of
synonymous import.