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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From L.

discumbens

, p. pr. of

discumbere

. See

The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

[L. See Discubitory.] The act of leaning at meat, according to the manner of the ancients.

discumbency ‎(uncountable)

The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.
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