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BED, sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
1. Comp. (1) Bed-board, a board to keep the clothes from
falling off the bed; (2) Bed-bug, the insect Cimex lectularius;
(3) Bed-churn, see below; (4) Bed-eel, a species of eel; (5) Bed-faggot,
a contemptuous name for a bedfellow; (6) Bed-favourite,
a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning; (7)
Bed-fly, a flea; (8) Bed-happings, the bedclothes; (9) Bed-hillings,
the coverlet or counterpane; (10) Bed-light, a flat candlestick;
(11) Bed-mate, a bedfellow; a bug; (12) Bed-partner, a
hot water-bottle; (13) Bed-pay, see below; (14) Bed-pole, a bedpost;
(15) Bed-post, in phr. (15) in the twinkle of a bedpost, in an
instant; (16) Bed-ropes, see below; (17) Bed-rug, a counterpane,
a coverlet; (18) Bed-settle, a bedstead; (19) Bed-slip, the bed-case
for the feathers; (20) Bed-staff, a pole for tucking in the
bedclothes; (21) Bed-steddle, a bedstead; (22) Bed-stick, (a) see
Bed-staff; (b) a bedroom candlestick; (23) Bed-straw, the straw
with which a mattress is stuffed; (24) Bed-summers, longitudinal
pieces under the centre of the bed; (25) Bed-twilt, a
bed-quilt; (26) Bed-wound, a bed sore; (27) Bed-wrist, a wooden
instrument for tightening the cords of old-fashioned corded
bedsteads.
(1) n.Yks. (I.W.) (2) Shr.1 s.v. Bug. Ken. The wood was full o'
bed-bugs (D.W.L.). (3) w.Yks.2 Bed-churn, the person who remains
longest in bed on the morning of Shrove Tuesday. The word
bed-churn is also applied to the boy who is the last to enter school
on the morning of that day. At Eyam this boy used to be tied
to a form or bench and taken to be ducked in a trough at some
distance from the school. (4) Nhp.2 A species of eel found in the
Nen, as lying always in clusters or beds at the bottom of the river,
until they are roused by violent floods. (5) e.An.1 A wretched
substitute, no better than a faggot in the muster of a regiment.
Nrf.1 Nrf., Suf. Holloway. (6) s.Chs.1 Au· dhŭ laad·z ŭn
wen·shiz wŭn prit·i gùd fŭr gy'et·in ùp: wi)d nev·ŭr ŭ bed-fee·vŭrit
i)dh aays [Aw the lads and wenches won pretty good
for gettin' up: we'd never a bed-favourite i' th' haïse]. (7) Som.
N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 358; W. & J. Gl. (1873) w.Som.1
(8) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1 n.Lin.1 Yer faather's sich a man
for bed happin', I can't put him enew blankits on. (9) Der. Ray
(1691) N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 393; (K.) Lei.1, War.3 Shr.1
I remember the soldiers fetched bedding from Newton, for the
use of the soldiers there. They tooke onely one coarse bed hilling
from my father, Gough Hist. of Myddle (1700) 8. (10) Cor.3
(11) w.Yks. Se' the', se' the', lass, a bed-mate! (W.F.) w.Som.1
(12) Hmp. Her feet be so cold I hev to give her a bed-partner
(W.M.E.F.). (13) w.Som.1 The allowance paid by a sick club to
a member confined to his bed; this is reduced to walking-pay so
soon as he can get up. (14) w.Yks.5 (15) Ir. I seen all this in the
twinkle of a bed-post, Yeats Flk-Tales (1888) 110. (16) n.Lin.1
The ropes which knit together the harden cloth, between the
bed stocks which supports the mattress. (17) n.Lin.1 (18) Nrf.1
Ess. Gl. (1851) (19) n.Yks.1 (20) n.Lin.1 [U.S.A. N. & Q. (1889)
7th S. viii. 236.] (21) Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498; Ess.1
Ken. An old bedsteadle and cord, Pluckley Poorhouse Acc. (1793)
(P.M.); Ken.1 Item in the best chamber, called the great chamber,
One fayer standing bedsteddle, one feather-bedd, one blanckett,
one covertleed, Boteler Invent. in Memorials of Eastry, 224. Sur.1
Sus. (J.L.A.), Sus.1, Hmp.1 (22) (a) Nhb.1 A stick used to
straighten the bedclothes in the box-beds, which used to be
common in the country. (b) n.Lin.1 Must I maake the shuts and
bring a bed-stick. (23) Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) (24) Wil.1 s.v. Waggon.
(25) n.Lin.1 (26) n.Lin.1 (27) se.Wor.1
2. In phr. (1) to get out of bed backwards or on the wrong
side, to be irritable, ill-tempered; in gen. use; (2) to get
bedderd, to go to bed; (3) to get into bed, to be brought to bed,
to get her bed of, to give birth to; (4) to be put to bed with
a shovel, to be buried; (5) bed-i-bo or bed-le-ham, bed-time,
go to bed.
(1) w.Yks.1 Thou's gitten out at wrang side o' th' bed. n.Lin.1
Nhp.1 You got out of bed backwards this morning. Nrf. (E.M.) (2)
Brks.1 Lets get bedderd, an' zo be up in the marnin.’ (3) Lth.
(Jam.) N.Cy.1 Assa, wor wife's getten her bed, mun (s.v. Bairns).
Nhb.1 Such a one has ‘getten her bed’ is the universal term used
in speaking of a woman's being confined. Wm. Theear thy
mudd'r gat her bed o' the', theear she gat her bed o' the' 'at beear
the', Richardson Sng. Sol. (1859) viii. 5. w.Yks. Tom Todd
wife's gett'n inta bed. ─ What's shoo gett'n into bed on? [what
has she borne, a boy or a girl?] (Æ.B.). n.Lin.1 She's just aboot
ready to get into bed ageän, if her husband hes been e' Americaay
better then a twel'-munth. (4) n.Ir. An' she'll may be live happy,
in comfort, When I'm put to bed with a shovel, Ulster Jrn. Arch.
(1858) VI. 46. Slang. Farmer. (5) War.3 Now, then, Bed-i-bo.
‘Get to bed ─ now do go to Bed-le-ham,’ that was my old granny's
phr., and a regular country saying.
3. A litter for animals.
Oxf.1 Give her a good bed, MS. add. Dev. His ‘bed’ ─ the
space he selects to lie in for the day ─ is usually on the most level
piece of ground he can find in the copse, Jefferies Red Deer
(1884) vi.
4. The foundation wood or body of a cart or wagon.
Chs.1 The arms [of a cart] are the end of the axle or bed.
s.Chs.1 n.Lin.1 The piece of wood, which lies on the top of the
axle-tree of a cart or waggon for the soles to rest on. This is
also called ‘packing.’ Nhp.1 se.Wor.1 The body; the wheels,
&c., upon which it is borne being called the carriage. Hrf.1
w.Som.1 The piece of wood bearing on the springs or axle of
a waggon upon which rests the body. [(K.)]
5. Comp. Bed-piece, that part of the framework of a cart
into which the arms of the axle are laid.
ne.Yks.1, w.Som.1
6. The under-part of a plough. Also called slade.
Oxf. Not so much used as formerly when wooden ploughs were
in vogue; then it was the word invariably used (J.E.). w.Som.1
The part which slides along the bottom and side of the furrow,
and has to endure the grind and wear more than any part except
the share. It forms a kind of runner or wearing part, and is
bolted to the breast. In old wooden ploughs or Nanny-sulls it was
an iron plate nailed on to the breast. Called also, and very
commonly, the ‘landside.’
7. The womb or uterus of an animal.
Chs.1, e.An.1 Nrf., Suf. Holloway.
8. A fleshy piece of beef cut from the upper part of the
leg and bottom of the belly. Also called Bed-piece.
w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.1, Stf.1 Stf.2 Lei.1 The method of cutting up
the carcass which gives the ‘bed’ is, I am told, peculiar to the
midl. and n. counties. Nhp.1 War.2; War.3 The bed of beef is
a favourite joint at rustic festivities, such as Rent dinners, Vestry
dinners, &c. Shr.1 Shr.2, e.An.1 Nrf., Suf. Holloway. Hmp. The
silver-side is the outer cut, and the bed the inner (W.M.E.F.).
9. The under-side of the stratum in a rock; a seam in
rock or clay; also the base of a stone inserted in a wall
or foundation.
Nhb.1 w.Yks.1 Let it hev plenty o' bed. Chs.1 In building with
Chs. sandstone it is advisable, if not absolutely necessary, to place
the stones on their natural bed, otherwise the surface is apt to
split and fall off. Architects stipulate in their specifications that
this shall be done. n.Lin.1 There's no iron to speäk on e' th'
second bed. Nhp.1, War. (J.R.W.) w.Som.1 It is a condition in
most contracts for walling that the stones shall be ‘well bedded in
good mortar and laid upon their own proper beds’ ─ that the stones
shall be placed in the wall in the line of their stratification.
A good mason can tell which is the bed or under side of a stone,
from that which was uppermost while yet in the rock.
10. Comp. (1) Bed-joints, a natural fissure or line of
separation of the stone as it lies in the bed of rock; (2)
Bed-stone, the nether mill-stone.
(1) Wm.1, ne.Lan.1 (2) Wil. The nether mill-stone, the upper
being the ‘runner,’ Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) 164, ed. 1881.
11. The divisions into which land is ploughed, as distinct
from a ridge or furrow. War.3
12. An anthill. Nhp.2
13. A heap of hay.
Hrf. The clover... is then turned, and placed successively in
rows, small cocks, beds, and large cocks, Marshall Review (1818)
II. 342.
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BED, v.1 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Chs. Lin. Nhp. War.
Brks. Suf. Som.
1. To go to bed.
Sc. ‘Is Helen bedded?’ Andrew gave a glance at the bed
where the three girls were sleeping, Setoun Sunshine (1895) 62;
Even Birse had twice or thrice to bed with me, Barrie Minister
(1891) x; I daurna let you in till I'm sure the mistress is bedded,
BARRIE Minister xl. Gall. So we bedded without sound of singing or voice of
prayer, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) iii. n.Lin.1 When female
virtue beds with manly worth, We catch the rapture and we spread
it forth, Bell Inscript. Kirton-in-Holland.
2. To put to bed.
Abd. Kind was the lady,... And bedded me wi' her ain dother
braw, Ross Helenore (1768) 97, ed. 1812. Fif. Lie there, Dame
Puck, and bed thee well In the snug durance of thy penal dish,
Tennant Anster (1812) 146, ed. 1871; Ye bedded them early
the nicht, surely? ─ They've been awfu' dowie a' day, sae I put
them to bed after tea-time, Robertson Provost (1894) 78. Rnf.
Ye'll aye be at hame at e'en To wash and bed the weans, Barr
Poems (1861) 104.
Hence (1) Bedded, ppl. adj. bedridden; (2) Bedding,
vbl. sb. an old custom of putting the bride and bridegroom
to bed.
(1) e.An.1 Suf. He is bedded (F.H.). (2) Nhb., Dur. But feast
and fun and fuddled heeds, The stockin'-thrawin' and the beddin',
Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 55.
3. To lodge.
w.Som.1 Uur tèok-n een tu bai·d-n boa·urd [she took him in to
lodge and board]. Nobody can't never 'vord to bed-n and board-n
vor dree shillins a week, a gurt hard bwoy like he.
4. To lay litter for horses or cattle.
Sc. (JAM.) Chs.1 ‘To bed th' beüs’ is to give them fresh straw.
n.Lin.1 Noo then, get them beas' bedded, it's omust neet. War.
(J.R.W.)
Hence Bedding, vbl. sb. stable litter.
n.Yks. Give t'horses some beddin' (I.W.). Chs.1 n.Lin.1 We
mun thresh next weäk or we sha'nt hev noä beddin' for th' herses.
War. (J.R.W.)
5. To lay a stone evenly in building; to lie flat, close.
e.Yks. The wette strawe coucheth better and beddes closer,
Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 144. n.Lin.1 If them stoäns isn't dresst
square they weänt bed reight. Thoo mun watter that thack well,
or it wëant bed to noä meänin'. Nhp.1 Bed that stone well.
w.Som.1
6. Fig. To become adapted to, to fit comfortably.
n.Lin. New boots duzn't bed well to a body's feet, Lin. N. & Q.
(July, 1890).
[2. He beddide Saul in the solere, and he slepte,
Wyclif (1382) 1 Sam. ix. 25. (2) A circumstantial description
of the wedding, bedding, and throwing the
stocking, Scott Nigel (1822) xxxvii.]
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BED, v.2 ne.Lan.1 [bed.] Past tense of to bid.
[Ho me hit bed (she offered it to me) wit-outen blyn,
Cursor M. (c. 1300) 881. OE. bēad, pret. of bēodan, to
offer.]
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BED, sb. and v. Sc. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. I.Ma. Lin.
Nrf. Dor. Dev. 1. sb. In comp. (1) Bed-ale, ale given
by newly-married people at their house-warming; (2)
Bed-board, a board in front of a box-bed; (3) Bed-bound, (4) Bed-fast,
bedridden; (5) Bed-gown or Beggon, (a) a nightdress; (b) a
woman's short cotton jacket; (6) Bed-hilling, a coverlet;
a rug; (7) Bed-place, a bed; (8) Bed-ring, a curtain-ring; (9)
Bed-straw, in phr. to live on one's bedstraw, to be thin and
hungry-looking; (10) Bed-stricken, see (4); (11) Bed-twilt, a
quilt; (12) Bed-twitch, a piece of wood used to tighten the
cords of a cord-bed.
(1) n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 35. (2) Frf. To this day
they crawl over their bed-board for the last time, Barrie Tommy
(1896) xxvii. (3) Rxb. Here was a bed-bound listener ready to
hand, and eager withal to hear, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 156.
(4) e.Dur.1, Dor. (E.C.M.) (5, a) Sc. (A.W.), s.Lan.1 (b) I.Ma.
In old times, when a young woman got an oil print beggon,
and a checkered apron on her, she was full-rigged (S.M.).
(6) s.Lan.1 (7) Dur. He can find a bit bed-place where he likes,
Guthrie Kitty Fagan (1900) 58. (8) s.Lan.1 (9) e.Dur.1, ne.Lin.
(E.S.) (10) Nrf. She be bed-stricken, can't move, Longman's
Mag. (Oct. 1903) 518. (11) n.Yks. (I.W.) (12) Cum.4
2. Phr. to get her bed, to be confined. s.Lan.1 3. The
foundation wood of a cart. Dor.1 (s.v. Waggon.) 4. The
forequarter of mutton without the shoulder. Dev. Reports
Provinc. (July 1902). 5. v. To lay a stone evenly; to lie
flat, close. Sc. (A.W.)