Bed

·vt To place in a bed.

II. Bed ·noun ·see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

III. Bed ·vt To furnish with a bed or bedding.

IV. Bed ·noun A course of stone or brick in a wall.

V. Bed ·noun (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

VI. Bed ·noun The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

VII. Bed ·vt To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

VIII. Bed ·vi To go to bed; to Cohabit.

IX. Bed ·noun The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

X. Bed ·noun The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

XI. Bed ·noun The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

XII. Bed ·vt To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

XIII. Bed ·noun The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

XIV. Bed ·noun A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

XV. Bed ·noun The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

XVI. Bed ·vt To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

XVII. Bed ·noun A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, ·etc.

XVIII. Bed ·noun A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

XIX. Bed ·vt To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

XX. Bed ·noun The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an Engine.

XXI. Bed ·vt 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, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

XXII. Bed ·noun An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.