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| Bed |
| [AS. bed, bedd;
akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde, Icel. be(?)r,
Dan. bed, Sw. bädd, Goth. badi, OHG.
betti, G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of
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An article of
furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or
mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead
on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the
bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping
or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or
twigs.
(Used as the symbol of matrimony)
Marriage.
A plat or level piece of ground in a garden,
usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed;
as, a bed of ashes or coals.
The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of
water; as, the bed of a river.
A layer or seam, or a horizontal
stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
See Gun carriage, and
Mortar bed.
The
horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower
beds.
The foundation or the more solid
and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is
laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a
railroad.
The flat part of the press,
on which the form is laid.
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To place in a bed.
To make partaker of one's bed] to cohabit
with.
To furnish with a bed or bedding.
To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover,
as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in
mold.
To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of
rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or
place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was
bedded on a rock.
To dress or prepare the surface
of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a
horizontal or recumbent position.
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To go to bed; to
cohabit.
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