6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Shak.

Bed (&?;), v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit.

If he be married, and bed with his wife.

Wiseman.

Be*dab*ble (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedabbled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedabbling (&?;).] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak.

Be*daff" (&?;), v. t. To make a daff or fool of. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Bed"a*gat (&?;), n. The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.

Be*dag"gle (&?;), v. t. To daggle.

Be*dash" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedashing.] To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.

Be*daub" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedaubed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedaubing.] To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish.

Barrow.

Be*daz"zle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedazzled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedazzling (&?;).] To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.

Bed"bug` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Bed"chair` (&?;), n. A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

Bed"cham`ber (&?;), n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak.

Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] -- Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]

Bed"clothes` (&?;), n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

Bed"cord` (&?;), n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

Bed"ded (&?;), a. Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.

Bed"ding (&?;), n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.] 1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.

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