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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 344 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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long See also:

COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch with stuffed back, arms and seat, to hold two or more persons. The word is of Arabic origin, and is an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of suffah, couch, from See also:

root saffa—to draw up in See also:

LINE

line. According to See also:

Richardson, See also:

DIET

Diet. of Eng. See also:

Lang. quoted by See also:

SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat, the Arabic suffah was particularly a reclining See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

wood or See also:

stone placed before the doors of See also:

ORIENTAL

Oriental houses. In the See also:

HISTORY

history of See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture the sofa was a development of the straight backed See also:

SETTEE

settee. It was not so much therefore a long See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair or See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of chairs, as a seat or couch for reclining. The See also:

early 19th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century type had a back with a single See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm at one end, the other being See also:

LEFT

left open. The most favoured See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form is that known as the See also:

Chesterfield, with See also:

double arms and back, heavily padded.

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