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Webster 1913 Edition
Accubation
Acˊcu-ba′tion
(ăk-kū̍-bā′shŭn)
, Noun.
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Accubation
ACCUBA'TION
,Noun.
A lying or reclining on a couch, as the ancients at their meals. The manner was to recline on low beds or couches with the head resting on a pillow or on the elbow. Two or three men lay on one bed, the feet of one extended behind the back of another. This practice was not permitted among soldiers, children and servants; nor was it known, until luxury had corrupted manners.