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Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bedding}.]
1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
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I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
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3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
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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.
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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.
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Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
large bodies of still water are bedded.
--Wordsworth.
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6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
to serve as a bed.
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7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak.
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Bedding \Bed"ding\, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See {Bed}.]
1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether
for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
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2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.
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