Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bedding.]
1. To place in a bed. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
4. 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.
5. 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.
Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
large bodies of still water are bedded.
--Wordsworth.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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