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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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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Air
·noun Intelligence; information.
II. Air ·noun Odoriferous or contaminated air.
III. Air ·noun Utt...
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Air
The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2; 16:17). This w...
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air
The elastic, compressible, and dilatable fluid encompassing the terraqueous globe. It penetrates and...
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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 ...
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Bed-chamber
An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and som...
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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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indian bed
An Indian bed of clams is made by setting a number of clams together on the ground with the hinge up...
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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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Air bladder
·- A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
II. Air bladd...
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Air brake
·- A railway brake operated by condensed air.
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Air brush
·add. ·- A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.
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Air cell
·- A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
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Air chamber
·- A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
II. Air chamber ·- A cavity containi...
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Air cock
·- A faucet to allow escape of air.
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Air cooling
·add. ·- In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating ...
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Air drill
·- A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
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Air engine
·- An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
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Air gap
·add. ·- An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the spa...
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Air gas
·- ·see under <<Gas>>.
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Air gun
·- A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air ...
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Air hole
·- A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
II. Air hole ·- A hole to admit o...
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Air jacket
·- A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoy...
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Air level
·- Spirit level. ·see <<Level>>.
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Air line
·add. ·- A path through the air made easy for aerial navigation by steady winds.
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Air pipe
·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe.
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Air poise
·- An instrument to measure the weight of air.
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Air pump
·- A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and a...
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Air sac
·- One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connec...
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Air shaft
·- A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
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Air stove
·- A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and...
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Air vessel
·- A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds,...
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Air-built
·adj Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
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Air-drawn
·adj Drawn in air; imaginary.
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Air-slacked
·adj Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
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Air-tight
·noun A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
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Liquid air
·add. ·- A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied o...
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Open-air
·adj Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
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air-bladder
A vesicle containing gas, situated immediately beneath the spinal column in most fish, and often com...
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air-braving
Defying the winds.
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air-cone
in the marine engine, is to receive the gases which enter the hot-well from the air-pump, where, aft...
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air-funnel
A cavity formed by omission of a timber in the upper works of a vessel, to admit fresh air into the ...
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air-gun
A silent weapon, which propels bullets by the expansive force of air only.
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air-jacket
A leathern garment furnished with inflated bladders, to buoy the wearer up in the water. (See ayr.)
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air-pipes
Funnels for clearing ships' holds of foul air, on the principle of the rarefying power of heat.
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air-ports
Large scuttles in ships' bows for the admission of air, when the other ports are down. The Americans...
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air-pump
An apparatus to remove the water and gases accumulating in the condenser while the engine is at work...
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air-scuttles
The same as air-ports.
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air-shafts
Vertical holes made in mining, to supply the adits with fresh air. Wooden shafts are sometimes adopt...
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foul air
May be generated by circumstances beyond control: decomposing fungi, timber injected with coal tar, ...
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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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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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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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