Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-DIZ'EN-ED, pp.

Bedecked; adorned.

BE-DIZ'EN-ING, ppr.

Adorning.

BED'LAM, a.

Belonging to mad-house; fit for a mad-house. – Shak.

BED'LAM, n. [Corrupted from Bethlehem, the name of a religious house in London, afterward converted into a hospital for lunatics.]

1. A mad-house; a place appropriated for lunatics. – Spelman.
2. A madman; a lunatic; one who lives in Bedlam. – Shak.
3. A place of uproar.

BED'LAM-ITE, n.

An inhabitant of a mad-house; a madman. – B. Jonson.

BED'MA-KER, n. [bed and maker.]

One whose occupation is to make beds, as in a college or university. – Spectator.

BED'MATE, n. [bed and mate.]

A bed-fellow. – Shak.

BED'MOLD-ING, n. [bed and molding.]

In architecture, the members of a cornice, which are placed below the coronet, consisting of an ogee, a list, a large boultine, and another list under the coronet. – Encyc.

BE-DOTE', v.t. [be and dote.]

To make to dote. [Not in use.] – Chaucer.

BED'POST, n. [bed and post.]

The post of a bedstead.

BED'PRES-SER, n. [bed and press.]

A lazy fellow; one who loves his bed. – Shak.

BE-DRAG'GLE, v.t. [be and draggle.]

To soil, as garments which are suffered, in walking, to reach the dirt; to soil by drawing along on mud. – Swift.

BE-DRAG'GLED, pp.

Soiled by reaching the dirt, in walking.

BE-DRAG'GLING, ppr.

Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud.

BE-DRENCH', v.t. [be and drench.]

To drench; to soak; to saturate with moisture: applied to things which imbibe moisture. – Shak.

BE-DRENCH'ED, pp.

Drenched; soaked.

BE-DRENCH'ING, ppr.

Soaking; drenching.

BED'RID, or BED'RID-DEN, a. [bed and ride; Sax. bedrida.]

Confined to the bed by age or infirmity. – Shak.

BED'RITE, n. [bed and rite.]

The privilege of the marriage bed.

BED'ROOM, n. [bed and room.]

1. A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.
2. Room in a bed. [Not in use.] – Shak.

BE-DROP', v.t. [be and drop.]

To sprinkle, as with drops. – Chaucer.

BE-DROP'PED, pp.

Sprinkled as with drops; speckled; variegated with spots.

BED'SIDE, n.

The side of the bed. – Middleton.

BED'STAFF, n. [bed and staff.]

A wooden pin anciently inserted on the sides of bedsteads, to keep the clothes from slipping on either side. – Johnson.

BED'STEAD, n. [bed'sted; bed and stead.]

A frame for supporting a bed.