Part 998

<h1>Bed rock</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed" rock"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also <mark>Fig.</mark></def>

<h1>Bedroom</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"room</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Room in a bed.</def> <note>[In this sense preferably <asp>bed room</asp>.]</note>

<blockquote>Then by your side no <b>bed room</b> me deny. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedrop</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Be*drop"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sprinkle, as with drops.</def>

<blockquote>The yellow carp, in scales <b>bedropped</b> with gold. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedrug</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Be*drug"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To drug abundantly or excessively.</def>

<h1>Bed screw</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed" screw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.</def>

<h1>Bedside</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"side`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The side of a bed.</def>

<h1>Bedsite</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"site`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A recess in a room for a bed.</def>

<blockquote>Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and <b>bedsite</b> well placed. <i>Quart. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedsore</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"sore`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.</def>

<h1>Bedspread</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"spread`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Bedstaff</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"staff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bedstaves</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<blockquote>Hostess, accommodate us with a <b>bedstaff</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Say there is no virtue in cudgels and <b>bedstaves</b>. <i>Brome.</i></blockquote>