bedwardbedwardsadv.

/ˈbɛdwəd/

/ˈbɛdwədz/

Etymology: < bed n. + -ward suffix, -wards suffix: originally to bedward.

1. Towards bed, in the direction of bed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [adverb]

bedward?1560

in, to, out of bed1761

?1560 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. Aiii^v When your maister entendeth to bedward.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 352 Others on the grass Coucht..Or Bedward ruminating.

1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) I. xiv. 209 The signal to move bedward.

1834 C. Lamb Wks. (1852) 181 When the dark night comes and they are creeping bedwards.

†2. Towards bedtime; just before going to bed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adverb] > just before bedtime or last thing at night

bedwardc1450

c1450 (a1449) J. Lydgate Diatorie (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 56 Use fier bi þe morewe, & to bedward at eue.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Miv I dranke to bedwarde, as is my common gyse.

1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. i. 47 Drink of it at night to bedward.

a1661 Fuller in H. Smith's Wks. (1867) I. 20 These sermons have been used as a handmaid to prayer bedward in some families.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 355 That may be done over night, last to bed-ward.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	bedward
释义	bedwardbedwardsadv. /ˈbɛdwəd//ˈbɛdwədz/ Etymology: < bed n. + -ward suffix, -wards suffix: originally to bedward. 1. Towards bed, in the direction of bed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [adverb] bedward?1560 in, to, out of bed1761 ?1560 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. Aiii^v When your maister entendeth to bedward. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 352 Others on the grass Coucht..Or Bedward ruminating. View more context for this quotation 1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) I. xiv. 209 The signal to move bedward. 1834 C. Lamb Wks. (1852) 181 When the dark night comes and they are creeping bedwards. †2. Towards bedtime; just before going to bed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adverb] > just before bedtime or last thing at night bedwardc1450 c1450 (a1449) J. Lydgate Diatorie (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 56 Use fier bi þe morewe, & to bedward at eue. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Miv I dranke to bedwarde, as is my common gyse. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. i. 47 Drink of it at night to bedward. a1661 Fuller in H. Smith's Wks. (1867) I. 20 These sermons have been used as a handmaid to prayer bedward in some families. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 355 That may be done over night, last to bed-ward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adv.c1450
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