indian bed

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• Indian

  ·noun A native or inhabitant of India. II. Indian ·adj Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian cor...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bed

  ·vt To place in a bed. II. Bed ·noun ·see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. III. Bed ·vt To furnish wi...

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• Bed

  (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31;...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bed

  Put to bed with a mattock, and tucked up with a spade; said of one that is dead and buried. You will...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bed

  I. Flat thick pieces of wood, lodged under the quarters of casks containing any liquid, and stowed...

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• Bed

  The Jewish bed consisted of the mattress, a mere mat, or one or more quilts; the covering, a finer q...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• East Indian

  ·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...

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• West Indian

  ·- Belonging or relating to the West Indies. II. West Indian ·- A native of, or a dweller in, the W...

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• indian file

  Single file; the usual way in which the Indians traverse the woods or march to battle, one following...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian giver

  When an Indian gives anything, he expects an equivalent in return, or that the same thing may be giv...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian meal

  Meal made from Indian corn. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian summer

  A period of warm weather late in autumn, when it is said, the Indians go hunting to supply themselve...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian ink

  Properly Chinese; compounded of a peculiar lamp-black and gum. ...

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• indian ocean

  The great Oriental Ocean. ...

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• Air bed

  ·- A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed. ...

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• Bed rock

  ·- The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig. ...

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• Bed screw

  ·- A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. II. Bed screw ·- A lo...

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• Bed steps

  ·- Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height. ...

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• Bed-molding

  ·noun ·Alt. of Bed-moulding. ...

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• Bed-moulding

  ·noun The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. ...

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• Truckle-bed

  ·noun A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. ...

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• Trundle-bed

  ·noun A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher...

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• Water bed

  ·- A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bed-chamber

  An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and som...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bed-maker

  Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the Students, sweep his room, &c. They will put their hands...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bed-spread

  In the interior parts of the country, the common name for a bed-quilt, or coverlet. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bed-bolt

  A horizontal bolt passing through both brackets of a gun-carriage near their centres, and on which t...

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• mortar-bed

  See bomb-beds, &c. ...

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• bed-beams

  See bomb-beds, &c. ...

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• oyster-bed

  A "laying" of culch, that is, stones, old shells, or other hard substances, so as to form a bed for ...

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• apple-pye bed

  A bed made apple-pye fashion, like what is called a turnover apple-pye, where the sheets are so doub...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• feather-bed lane

  A rough or stony lane. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• slug-a-bed

  A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bed-of-guns

  A nautical phrase implying ordnance too heavy for a ship's scantling, or a fort over-gunned. ...

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• bomb-bed beams

  The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...

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• bed of a mortar

  The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...

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