Sentence:  ... Or who, regardless of the powers of calumny that keep their state as ministers of vengeance around the throne of ancient Prejudice, explores anew the half-hidden, half-revealed wonders, that yet <WSD>couch</WSD> beneath the words of the Scripture? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.