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bedtick|ˈbɛdtɪk|
Also 6 -tyke.
[see tick.]
A large flat quadrangular bag or case, into which feathers, hair, straw, chaff, or other substances are put to form a bed.
1569Wills & Inv. N.C. (1835) 303 Item one fether bedtyke xijd. 1658Rowland Mouffet's Theat. Ins. 916 The use of wax..for bed-ticks that the feathers fly not out. 1861Morn. Post 27 Nov., Found under a mattress and bed-tick.
Hence ˈbedˌticking, bedticks collectively, or the material of which they are made; also attrib.
1705Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb., Pd. for mouing Rich. Silks Goods and for a bedtickin, 00. 02. 01. 1884Harper's Mag. July 304/1 The bed-ticking bag. |