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Mortar
·noun A chamber lamp or light.
II. Mortar ·vt To plaster or make fast with mortar.
III. Mortar ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mortar
(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mortar
A short piece of ordnance used for throwing shells, so that they may fall nearly vertical; they thus...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mortar
(Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; Leviticus 14:42,45; Isaiah 41:25; Ezekiel 13:10,11,14,15; 22:28; Nehemia...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bed
·vt To place in a bed.
II. Bed ·noun ·see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
III. Bed ·vt To furnish wi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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
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bed
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Flat thick pieces of wood, lodged under the quarters of casks containing any liquid, and stowed...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mortar vessels
See bombI
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manby's mortar
An efficient apparatus for throwing a shell with a line and chain attached to it, over a stranded ve...
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mortar-vessel
See bomb-vessel.
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royal mortar
A brass one of 5-1/2 inches diameter of bore, and 150 lbs. weight, throwing a 24-pounder shell up to...
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Air bed
·- A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bed steps
·- Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bed-molding
·noun ·Alt. of Bed-moulding.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bed-moulding
·noun The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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Bed-chamber
An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and som...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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
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bed-spread
In the interior parts of the country, the common name for a bed-quilt, or coverlet.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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indian bed
An Indian bed of clams is made by setting a number of clams together on the ground with the hinge up...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bed-bolt
A horizontal bolt passing through both brackets of a gun-carriage near their centres, and on which t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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feather-bed lane
A rough or stony lane.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bed-of-guns
A nautical phrase implying ordnance too heavy for a ship's scantling, or a fort over-gunned.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bomb-bed beams
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels.
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