beddingn.
/ˈbɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛdɪŋ/ I. Connected with bed n.† 3. Building. The upper and lower surfaces of stones when worked for building. See bed n. 12b.
1.
a. A collective term for the articles which compose a bed, esp. the mattress, feather-bed, or other article lain upon, and the bedclothes.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun]
beddinga1000
lodging1683
couching1727
a1000 Lambeth Psalter vi. 7 Mid minum tearum mine beddinge ic beþwea.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187 Mataxa, uel corductum, uel stramentum, stræl, uel bedding.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3432 Ȝyf þou delyte þe yn ryche beddyng.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Sam. xvii. 28 Brouȝten to hym beddyngis and tapitis.
1486 Act 3 Hen. VII ix Things that be good..for Houshold..Brass, Pewter, Bedding.
1566 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 254 All bedding as fether-bedds, mattrasses wth all that pertenithe thervnto.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. i. sig. L2 He hath sold my hangings, and my bedding . View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 31 Bedding and Clothes I will this Night provide.
1815 Encycl. Brit. III. 503/2 In the Highlands heath..is very generally used as bedding.
1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 50 Whenever you can, hang up the whole of the bedding to air for a few hours.
b. A supply of bedclothes for one bed.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > for one bed
bedding1620
1620 R. Seton Let. 9 Apr. in Rep. MSS Earl Eglinton (1885) X. 45 Your lordship most also send tuo bedding of clothes.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (ed. 9) I. 28 With an auld bedden o' claiths Was left me by my mither.
c. Anything used to sleep on or in; sleeping accommodation. archaic or Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > place to sleep
beda1300
bedding1393
libken1567
bedroom1600
snooze1819
pad1914
skipper1925
crash pad1939
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 74 He goþ to a cold beddyng.
1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 225 He schalle have mete, and drynke, and beddynge.
a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 179 Gilbert in ane guttar glayde He gat na better beddin.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 70 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The ground..which useth to be his bedding.
1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses iii. 31 So rude or poor As not good bedding for a friend t'afford.
d. Litter for horses and cattle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > bedding down > bedding
bedding1697
1697 J. Dryden tr. Georgics iii, in Ann. Misc. 33 Spread with Straw, the bedding of thy Fold.
1838 J. Stewart Stable Econ. ii. 135 Some people give the horse no bedding, or almost none.
2. A bottom layer or foundation, in or on which anything rests, or may be firmly fixed.
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the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > surface or area
floor1556
basal area1610
bedding1611
bed1633
plan1723
floor area1887
1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1688) ii. ii. 161 Straws which do belong to the bedding of the [malt-] kiln.
1677 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 119 The bedding being soft mud it is safe for shipping.
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling Gloss. Bedding. the body of an artificial-fly.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic iii. §1696 A bedding of putty must be carefully laid round that part..against which the glass is to be placed.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > surface(s) of stone or brick
bedding1401
bed1700
face1703
head1827
1401 Contr. Durham Dorm. in J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (1845) I. 52 Et erit le beddyng cujuslibet achiler ponendi in isto opere longitudinis unius pedis de assyse.
4. Arrangement of rocks, etc. in beds or layers; stratification or any similar structure.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > layered arrangement
stratification1617
stratifying1683
bedding1860
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 75 Walls, across which the lines of annual bedding were drawn.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. x. 264 Veins..at right angles to the apparent cleavage or bedding.
1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 97 The word ‘Bedding’ is used..in speaking of all rocks, whether stratified or not. It is taken as the equivalent of the German ‘Lagerung.’
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 238 Running along the planes of stratification or bedding.
II. Connected with bed v.
5. A putting to bed; esp. of a bride.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
ymonec950
moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
flesha1400
knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
japec1400
commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
conversinga1610
carnal confederacy1610
wapping1610
businessa1612
coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
hot cocklesa1627
other thing1628
buck1632
act of love1638
commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > putting bride to bed
bedding1589
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 Epithalamies..ballades at the bedding of the bride.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 72 Case up thy Maiden head, no Priest no bedding.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. xii. 325 A circumstantial description of the wedding, bedding, and throwing the stocking.
6. The process of planting flowers in beds; also called bedding out.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > stocking with plants > planting in flower-beds
bedding1862
1862 Cottage Gardener 3 June 182 The week has been taken up chiefly with bedding.
1885 Garden 4 June 521 There has been no time for bedding out.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
bedding ballad n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > song
bride-songOE
marriage song1582
bedding ballad1589
epithalamy1589
epithalamium1595
prothalamion1597
wedding-song1598
Hymen1613
hymenean1667
hymeneal1717
marriage lay1728
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > wedding song
bride-songOE
marriage song1582
bedding ballad1589
epithalamy1589
epithalamium1595
prothalamion1597
wedding-song1598
Hymen1613
hymenean1667
hymeneal1717
marriage lay1728
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 43 Epithalamie or bedding ballad of the ancient times.
bedding-out plant n.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > in particular place or receptacle
stove-plant1778
pot plant1824
window plant1831
border-flower1850
bedding-plant1856
bedder1862
bedding-out plant1865
pot-herb1882
1865 Cornhill Mag. May 587 To put down some bedding-out plants.
bedding-plant n.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > in particular place or receptacle
stove-plant1778
pot plant1824
window plant1831
border-flower1850
bedding-plant1856
bedder1862
bedding-out plant1865
pot-herb1882
1856 Gardeners' Chron. 55 Many of the bedding-plants were either dead or in a dying state.
bedding variety n.
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1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxi. 495 The scarlet bedding varieties often live for many years in the open ground.
C2.
bedding fault n. Geology a fault parallel to a bedding-plane.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > plane
thrust-plane1884
shear plane1888
fault-plane1889
shearing plane1889
sole1889
bed-plane1895
bedding-plane1897
bedding fault1909
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Bedding fault.
1961 J. Challinor Dict. Geol. 21/1 Bedding-fault, the result of bedding-plane slip.
bedding-ground n. U.S. = bed-ground n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > resting place for animals
lairc1420
bed1694
dinner camp1859
bed-ground1880
bedding-ground1884
camp1891
1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 199 For the bedding-ground a bare open spot..away from damp.
1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 215 It looked like a ‘round up’ when turning them off of the bedding ground.
bedding-moulding n. = bed-moulding n. at bed n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings
bowtell1376
crownwork1594
protypum1601
chaplet1623
bandeleta1645
bedding-moulding1664
quadra1664
surbase1678
platband1696
bed-moulding1703
eyebrow1703
square1703
gorge1706
nerve1728
heel1734
quirk-moulding1776
star1781
bead1799
rope moulding1813
zigzag1814
chevron-moulding1815
nebule1823
billet1835
dancette1838
pellet moulding1838
vignette moulding1842
bird's beak moulding1845
beak-head ornament1848
beak-head1849
billet moulding1851
beading1858
bead-work1881
Venetian dentil1892
chevron-work-
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 136 Modilions..supply the part of the Bedding-moulding as our Workmen style the Ovolo in this place.
bedding-plane n. = bed-plane n. at bed n. Compounds 2.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > plane
thrust-plane1884
shear plane1888
fault-plane1889
shearing plane1889
sole1889
bed-plane1895
bedding-plane1897
bedding fault1909
1897 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. Index I–L 33/2 Bedding-planes comp. w. cleavage-planes in N. Wales.
1908 Daily Chron. 15 Dec. 1/5 Originally..horizontal, the bedding plane now dips gently to the south.
1920 L. V. Pirsson Physical Geol. (ed. 2) 271 The two layers will be separated by a distinct juncture plane..; this is stratification, and the juncture plane is called a bedding plane.
bedding-plate n. = bed-plate n. at bed n. Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > support
bearer1607
pedestal1665
stud1694
arbor1728
seat1805
pillar1833
housing1839
seating1844
bed-plate1850
bedding-plate1879
1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 255 The racer is secured to the bedding-plate by steel bolts with wrought-iron nuts.
bedding-roll n. a roll of bedding (sense 1).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > in a roll
bedroll?1552
bedding-roll1901
1901 R. Kipling Kim vii, in McClure's Mag. Apr. 568/1 His new bullock-trunk..and bedding-roll lay in the empty sleeping-room.
1963 Times 5 Mar. 12/7 His bedding-roll in one hand.
bedding-stone n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > masons' and bricklayers' tools > for cutting or dressing bricks
brick axe?1502
salter1688
banker1700
float-stone1700
bedding-stone1823
bolster1908
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 384 Bedding Stone.—A straight piece of marble used to try the rubbed side of a brick.
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