coupling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COUPLING, participle present tense Uniting in couples; fastening or connecting together; embracing. COUPLING, noun 1. That which couples or connects. 2 Chronicles 34:11 2.The act of coupling
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