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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bed  \Bed\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Bedded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Bedding}.] 
  1.  To  place  in  a  bed.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  To  make  partaker  of  one's  bed;  to  cohabit  with 
 
  I'll  to  the  Tuscan  wars,  and  never  bed  her  --Shak. 
 
  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. 
  --Wordsworth. 
 
  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.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Geol.)  The  state  or  position  of  beds  and  layers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bedding 
  n  1:  covering  that  are  used  on  a  bed  [syn:  {bedclothes},  {bed 
  clothing}] 
  2:  material  used  to  provide  a  bed  for  animals  [syn:  {bedding 
  material},  {litter}] 




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