Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bedding"

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) 1.7 (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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