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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To set edgewise, as a stone—that is, in a position different from that which it had when in the quarry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

Etymologies

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sur- +‎ bed

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