bedded

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They milled a long while before they bedded, and more of them than usual stood up to watch.

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  1. Provided with a bed.
  2. Laid in a bed; embedded.
  3. Existing in beds, layers, or strata; stratified, or included between stratified masses of rock. Chiefly used in combination, as thin-bedded, heavy-bedded, etc. Masses of igneous rock formed by successive overflows of molten material are often said to be bedded, but not ordinarily stratified.

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  • A well-bedded shed, or a roomy, well-bedded box-stall, should be provided, with a view of allowing ample room for stretching out, as well as for changing position on a floor which should not be slanting, and which conveniences can not be had in a single stall, or when the animal is kept tied up in a confined space. —  Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
  • The figures of both are worth comparing The Double-bedded Room." —  Pickwickian Manners and Customs
  • In the fine dry sand wherewith the cave was bedded, directly in front of the altar on which was the heathen idol, we dug his grave--toilsomely and with pain, for all of our bodies were hurt and sore. —  The Aztec Treasure-House
  • It was arranged that Mr Courtenay and I should sleep in a double-bedded room on the first floor; the other hunters were accommodated in another part of the house. —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
  • Jack was shown into a doubled-bedded room, and proceeded to undress; the other was evidently occupied, by the heavy breathing which saluted Jack's ear As Jack undressed, he recollected that his trousers were wet through, and to dry them he opened the window, hung them out, and then jammed down the window again upon them, to hold them in their position, after which he turned in and fell fast asleep. —  Mr. Midshipman Easy
 

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