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The Royal Hospital(health)
Royal Free Hospital(health)
Royal Hobart Hospital(health)
Royal Hospital Haslar(health)
Royal Hospital for Women(health)
Royal Oldham Hospital(health)
Royal Inland Hospital(health)
Royal Jubilee Hospital(health)
Royal Women's Hospital(health)

crouch(2) (iou) and Royal Adelaide Hospital (health)


crouch(2) (iou)



crouch verb & noun2. LME.
[Perh. from Old French crochir be bent, from croche (see CROTCH).]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Of a person: stand (or sit) low with the legs bent close to the body, as for concealment or shelter or in fear; formerly also, bend low in reverence. Of an animal: stand low with bent legs and tense body, in fear or readiness to spring. LME.
crouched burial Archaeology: with the body in a crouching posture, usu. on its side.
Oxford English Dictionary To cower concerns chiefly the head and shoulders: to crouch affects the body as a whole. S. Beckett He crouched over the fire trying to get warm.
verb intrans. Behave submissively or fawningly. E16.
Sir W. Scott I crouch to no oneobey no one.
verb trans. Bend (the knee, one's head, etc.), esp. in a cringing way. E18.
b. noun.
An act of crouching. L16.
A crouching posture used at the start of a race. E20.
Comb.: crouchback noun & adjective (obsolete exc. Hist.) (a) noun (a person who has) a hunched back; (b) adjective hunchbacked; crouch start = sense 2 above.
crouchant adjective crouching L16.
croucher noun L16.
crouchingly adverb in a crouching manner M19.

Royal Adelaide Hospital (health)


The Royal Adelaide Hospital is a hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.