BED

The hollow or channel of a water- course; the depression between the banks worn by the regular and usual flow of the water. "The bed is that soil so usually covered by water as to be distinguishable from the banks by the character of the soil, or vegeta- tion, or both, produced by the common pres- ence and action of flowing water." Curtis, J., 13 How. 426. The term also occurs in the phrase "divorce from bed and board," a mensa et thoro; where it seems to indicate the right of co- habitation or marital intercourse.

The channel of a stream; the part between the banks worn by the regu- lar flow of the water. See 18 How. 426. The phrase divorce from bed and board, contains a legal use of the word synony- mous with its popular use. BED-ALE, or BID-ALE. See BIDALE.

(195) Legally, the term includes all wild beasts of venery. Id. ibid. The channel of a stream, as distinguished from its banks.* "The bed is that soil so usually covered by water, as to be distinguishable from the banks by the character of the soil, or vegetation, or both, produced by the common presence and action of flowing water." Curtis, J. 13 Howard's R. 426. BEDEL, Bedell, Beadle. [L. Lat. bedellus, Sax. bydel, from bydde, [or beodan,] to bid, publish or declare; or, according to Spelman, to ask, beg, pray.] In English law. A crier, (præco,) messenger, summoner, apparitor, bailiff, underbailiff. Spelman. Blount. Co. Litt. 234 b. A crier or messenger of a court, who cites parties to appear, and answer therein. Cowell. Termes de la Ley. An officer of the forest, similar to a sheriff's special bailiff. Manwood. Cowell, Blount. A collector of rents for the king. Plowd. 199, 200. A well known parish officer. See Beadle.

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. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. Shak. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. Milton. A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. A course of stone or brick in a wall. The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. Knight. 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. [Obs.] Bacon. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. Shak. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 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. 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. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Shak.

To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | A prepared spot in which to spend the night. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | One's place of sleep or rest. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | Sleep; rest; getting to sleep. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | Time spent in a bed. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | Marriage. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | Sexual activity. | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | Clipping of bedroom. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A garden plot. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire. | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | The taut surface of a trampoline. | A horizontal layer or surface. | A deposit of ore, coal, etc. | A horizontal layer or surface. | The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below. | A horizontal layer or surface. | The horizontal surface of a building stone. | A horizontal layer or surface. | The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. | A horizontal layer or surface. | A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. | To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep. | Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. | To place in a bed. | Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. | To furnish with a bed or bedding. | Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. | To have sex (with). | Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. | Of large game animals: to be at rest. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To set out (plants) in a garden bed. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. | Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. | To settle, as machinery.

Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education). | Initialism of banana equivalent dose. | Initialism of binge eating disorder.