English English Dictionary

Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

That which is becoming or appropriate.

In a becoming manner.

The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.

A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

To curl; to adorn with curls.

The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

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

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

To place in a bed.

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

To go to bed; to cohabit.

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

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.

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.