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Trundle
·vi A round body; a little wheel. II. Trundle ·vi One of the bars of a lantern wheel. III. Trundle...

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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
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...

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trundle-head
The lower drumhead of a capstern, when it is double, and worked on one shaft both on an upper and lo...

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trundle-shot
An iron bolt 16 or 18 inches long, with sharp points, and a ball of lead just inside each head. ...

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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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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
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.
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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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. ...

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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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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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