† bedownprep.

Forms: 1700s bedoun, 1700s–1800s bedown.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, down prep.

Etymology: < be- prefix + down prep., perhaps as an alteration of adown adv. with reanalysis of the first element as a reduced form of be- prefix (compare beneath adv. (beside aneath prep.), before adv. (beside afore adv.), etc.).

Scottish. Obsolete.

In a descending direction along or through; moving or at a point further along the course of; down.

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1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. 211 Bedoun the Bents of Banquo Brae Milane I wandert.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 19 Bedown Leith-walk what burrochs reel O' ilka trade and station.

1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 81 Bedown the green the hornies rowt.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. viii. 211 From Wigton to the foot of Ayr, And all bedown the Crooks of Cree; No man may think to tenant there, Unless he serve Saint Kennedie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† bedown v. Obsolete to fill with down.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff > with specific material

flock1530

bedown1611

bestraw1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enduvetter, to bedowne; to fill..with downe.

单词	bedown
释义	† bedownprep. Forms: 1700s bedoun, 1700s–1800s bedown. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, down prep. Etymology: < be- prefix + down prep., perhaps as an alteration of adown adv. with reanalysis of the first element as a reduced form of be- prefix (compare beneath adv. (beside aneath prep.), before adv. (beside afore adv.), etc.). Scottish. Obsolete. In a descending direction along or through; moving or at a point further along the course of; down. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. 211 Bedoun the Bents of Banquo Brae Milane I wandert. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 19 Bedown Leith-walk what burrochs reel O' ilka trade and station. 1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 81 Bedown the green the hornies rowt. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. viii. 211 From Wigton to the foot of Ayr, And all bedown the Crooks of Cree; No man may think to tenant there, Unless he serve Saint Kennedie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas bedown † bedown v. Obsolete to fill with down. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff > with specific material flock1530 bedown1611 bestraw1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enduvetter, to bedowne; to fill..with downe. extracted from be-prefix < prep.1724 as lemmas
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† bedownprep.

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