Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bedded"

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)

Bedded \Bed"ded\, a.
Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or
arranged in a bed or beds.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bedded
adj 1: (geology) deposited or arranged in horizontal layers;
"stratified rock" [syn: {stratified}] [ant: {unstratified}]
2: (combining form) having a bed or beds as specified [ant: {bedless}]


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