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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bed \Bed\, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS bed, D. bed, bedde, Icel. be?r, Dan. bed, Sw b["a]dd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin.] 1. 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. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. --Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. --Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it --Shak. 2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. George, the eldest son of his second bed. --Clarendon. 3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. ``Beds of hyacinth and roses.'' --Milton. 4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as a bed of ashes or coals. 5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as the bed of a river. So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. --Milton. 6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as a bed of coal, iron, etc 7. (Gun.) See {Gun carriage}, and {Mortar bed}. 8. (Masonry) a The horizontal surface of a building stone; as the upper and lower beds. b A course of stone or brick in a wall. c The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. d The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. --Knight. 9. (Mech.) 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. 10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. 11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench bedchamber; bedmaker, etc {Bed of justice} (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered. {To be brought to bed}, to be delivered of a child; -- often followed by of as to be brought to bed of a son. {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding. {From bed and board} (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bed \Bed\, v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. --Wiseman. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bed n 1: a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" 2: a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" 3: a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" [syn: {bottom}] 4: (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone" 5: a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds" [syn: {seam}] 6: a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away" v 1: furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" 2: put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" 3: have sexual intercourse with "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: {love}, {make out}, {make love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have sex}, {know}, {do it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse}, {have it away}, {have it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff}, {hump}, {lie with}, {have a go at it}, {bang}, {get it on}, {bonk}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bed (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deut. 3:11; Ps 132:3), for sickness (Ps. 6:6; 41:3). In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet (Matt. 9:2, 6; Luke 5:18; Acts 5:15). The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in 1 Sam. 19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment (Ex. 22:26,27; Deut. 24:12,13). From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BED Bookmark Exploring Dabbler (VRML)
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