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1,352 words match “BED”

BEDSIDE n.
The side of a bed.
BEDSITE n.
A recess in a room for a bed. Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.
BEDSORE n.
A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.
BEDSPREAD n.
A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]
BEDSTAFF n.
"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
BEDSTEAD n.
A framework for supporting a bed.
BEDSTOCK n.
The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
BEDSTRAW n. 2 definitions
Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
BEDSWERVER n.
One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. [Poetic] Shak.
BEDTICK n.
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.
BEDTIME n.
The time to go to bed. Shak.
BEDUCK v.
To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. "Deep himself beducked." Spenser.
BEDUIN n.
See Bedouin.
BEDUNG v.
To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively. Bp. Hall.
BEDUST v.
To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust. Sherwood.
BEDWARD adv.
Towards bed.
BEDWARF v.
To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.
BEDYE v.
To dye or stain. Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser.
ABED adv. 2 definitions
In bed, or on the bed. Not to be abed after midnight. Shak.
ABSORBEDLY adv.
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
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