bed-headn.

Etymology: see head n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbed-ˈhead.

†1. The part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster. Obsolete.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > pillow or bolster

pilloweOE

wangerc900

bolsterOE

pilliverOE

cod1392

transom1459

bed-head1483

hacoyte?1541

cod-pillow1569

tye1615

heading1847

weeping willow1880

1483 Cath. Angl. 25 Bedhede, cubitale.

2. The upper end of a bed.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > head

bed-headc1386

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 293 For hym was leuere haue at his bed hede [v.r. beddes hede] Twenty bookes clad in blak or rede.

1883 Sir F. Pollock in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 536 A Book..such as every one would like to have at his bed-head.

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slang (originally U.S.). The state or condition of having untidy hair, such as results from lying in bed; hair in this state. In quot. 1988: a person with hair in this state.

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1988 Washington Post 31 Jan. (Mag.) 8/1 Bed head, a person who looks like he just woke up.

1990 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June e6/1 I still have bed head, my hair's going every which direction.

1998 H. M. Malton Down in Dumps xxii. 204 I..stuck my head under the tap, trying to erase the Don King bed-head I'd woken up with.

2002 Observer 1 Dec. (Sport Monthly Suppl.) 43/2 His pageboy locks generally scruffed into a bedhead.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	bed-head
释义	bed-headn. Etymology: see head n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbed-ˈhead. †1. The part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > pillow or bolster pilloweOE wangerc900 bolsterOE pilliverOE cod1392 transom1459 bed-head1483 hacoyte?1541 cod-pillow1569 tye1615 heading1847 weeping willow1880 1483 Cath. Angl. 25 Bedhede, cubitale. 2. The upper end of a bed. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > head bed-headc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 293 For hym was leuere haue at his bed hede [v.r. beddes hede] Twenty bookes clad in blak or rede. 1883 Sir F. Pollock in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 536 A Book..such as every one would like to have at his bed-head. Draft additions December 2005 slang (originally U.S.). The state or condition of having untidy hair, such as results from lying in bed; hair in this state. In quot. 1988: a person with hair in this state. ΚΠ 1988 Washington Post 31 Jan. (Mag.) 8/1 Bed head, a person who looks like he just woke up. 1990 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June e6/1 I still have bed head, my hair's going every which direction. 1998 H. M. Malton Down in Dumps xxii. 204 I..stuck my head under the tap, trying to erase the Don King bed-head I'd woken up with. 2002 Observer 1 Dec. (Sport Monthly Suppl.) 43/2 His pageboy locks generally scruffed into a bedhead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020). > as lemmas bed-head bed-head n. ΚΠ 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 649 He worshipped toward the bedshead. extracted from bedn. < n.c1386 as lemmas
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bed-headn.

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