- surbed
- surbed /sûr-bedˈ/ (obsolete)transitive verbTo set on edge (applied to a stone with reference to the grain; masonry)ORIGIN: ↑sur-
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Surbed — Sur*bed , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. [1913 Webster] It . . . has something of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Surbedded — Surbed Sur*bed , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. [1913 Webster] It . . . has… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Surbedding — Surbed Sur*bed , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. [1913 Webster] It . . . has… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
