Part 992

<note>&hand; <i>Bed</i> is much used adjectively or in combination; as, <i>bed</i> key or bedkey; <i>bed</i> wrench or <i>bed</i>wrench; <i>bed</i>chamber; <i>bed</i>maker, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Bed of justice</col> <fld>(French Hist.)</fld>, <cd>the throne (F. <i>lit<i> 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.</cd> -- <col>To be brought to bed</col>, <cd>to be delivered of a child; -- often followed by <i>of<i>; as, to be <i>brought to bed of<i> a son.</cd> -- <col>To make a bed</col>, <cd>to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding.</cd> -- <col>From bed and board</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>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 <i>judicial separation<i>) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bed</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To place in a bed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.</def>

<blockquote>I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never <b>bed</b> her. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To furnish with a bed or bedding.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; <as>as, to <ex>bed</ex> the roots of a plant in mold</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>bed</ex> a stone; it was <ex>bedded</ex> on a rock.</as></def>

<blockquote>Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are <b>bedded</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.</def> "<i>Bedded</i> hair."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bed</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go to bed; to cohabit.</def>

<blockquote>If he be married, and <b>bed</b> with his wife. <i>Wiseman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedabble</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dab*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedabbled</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedabbling</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To dabble; to sprinkle or wet.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bedaff</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*daff"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a daff or fool of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bedagat</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"a*gat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.</def>

<i>Malcom.</i>

<h1>Bedaggle</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dag"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To daggle.</def>