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Bedding Compound - Sailing(gambling)

bedding (iou)



bedding noun. OE.
[from BED noun or verb + -ING1.]
collect. sing. or pl. The articles which compose a bed, as mattress, bedclothes, etc.; materials provided for sleeping or resting on. OE.
Jonson He hath sold my hangings, and my beddings! Dryden Spread with Straw, the bedding of thy Fold. C. V. Wedgwood Fairfax..ordered the citizens to provide bedding so that every two soldiers could share a mattress, a bolster and a pair of sheets and blankets.
b. Sleeping accommodation. LME-L17.
Spenser The ground..which useth to be his bedding.
A putting to bed, esp. of a bride; (an act of) sexual intercourse. L16.
Sir W. Scott A..description of the wedding, bedding, and throwing the stocking. V. S. Pritchett Their private sexual comedy, in momentary beddings in the backs of cars.
A bottom layer, a foundation. E17.
Geology. Layering or stratification of rocks. M19.
The process of planting flowers (out) in beds. M19.
Comb.: bedding plant, bedding-out plant a plant suitable for setting out in a garden bed; bedding plane a plane forming the junction between two layers or strata of rock.