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noun

Bedding n.

1.

A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.

2.

(Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.

verb

Bed v. t. (past & past part. bedded; pres. part. bedding)

1.

To place in a bed. (Obs.)

2.

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. "I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her."

3.

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

4.

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.

5.

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. "Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded."

6.

(Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

7.

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair."

Bed v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit. "If he be married, and bed with his wife."

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"Bedding" Quotes from Famous Books

... of keys, fitted the correct one to the door, and unlocked it according to instructions. Not until he was relieved of his weapon did Blackwell release him. The jailer was backed into the cell, gagged with a piece of torn bedding, and left locked up as securely as the other had ...

— Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine

... the marriage. Before the wedding the boy is presented with a chhap or ring of gold or silver with a small cup-like attachment. A mehar or dowry must be given to the bride, the amount of which is not below Rs. 50 or above Rs. 250. The bride's parents give her cooking vessels, bedding and a bedstead. After the wedding, the couple are seated on a cot while the women sing songs, and they see each other's face reflected in a mirror. The procession returns after a stay of four days, and is received by the women of ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume II • R. V. Russell

... bedding is peculiar. Over a set of wire springs is laid the mattress, in a closely fitting white case, buttoned, tied, or laced together at one end. This case takes the place of an under sheet. The feather pillow is in a plain slip of white cotton, similarly fastened. Over the ...

— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton

... there on a jointed bedstead beneath the echoing gallery, and by him Peisistratus of the good ashen spear, leader of men, who alone of his sons was yet unwed in his halls. As for him he slept within the inmost chamber of the lofty house, and the lady his wife arrayed for him bedstead and bedding. ...

— DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE • S. H. BUTCHER, M.A.

... Neither bedsteads nor bedding being obtainable, Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore had a kind of bed prepared on the floor in a very small and low room, and I had a bundle of straw, in another room, for my couch; it was, however, so warm there, and the air so very oppressive, that I was obliged to get up ...

— Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I • Sir Moses Montefiore

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