Sur*bed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surbedding.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is,
to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and
therefore should not be surbedded.
Gilbert White.