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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.

Bed (&?;), v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit.

If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.

Be*dab*ble (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedabbled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedabbling (&?;).] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak.

Be*daff" (&?;), v. t. To make a daff or fool of. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Bed"a*gat (&?;), n. The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.

Be*dag"gle (&?;), v. t. To daggle.

Be*dash" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedashing.] To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.

Be*daub" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedaubed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedaubing.] To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. Barrow.

Be*daz"zle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedazzled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedazzling (&?;).] To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.

Bed"bug` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Bed"chair` (&?;), n. A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

Bed"cham`ber (&?;), n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak.

Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] -- Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]

Bed"clothes` (&?;), n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

Bed"cord` (&?;), n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

Bed"ded (&?;), a. Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.

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.

Bede (&?;), v. t. [See Bid, v. t.] To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.

Bede, n. (Mining) A kind of pickax.

Be*deck" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedecked (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedecking.] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant.

{ ||Bed"e*guar, Bed"e*gar } (&?;), n. [F., fr. Per. bd-ward, or bd-wardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Bede"house` (&?;), n. Same as Beadhouse.

{ Be"del, Be"dell } (&?;), n. Same as Beadle.