Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BED-CLOTHES', n. plur. [bed and clothes.]

Blankets, or coverlets, &c., for beds. – Shak.

BED'DED, pp.

Laid in a bed; inclosed as in a bed.

BED'DER, or BE-DET'TER, n. [from bed.]

The nether stone of an oil mill. – Chalmers.

BED'DING, ppr.

Laying in a bed; inclosing as in a bed. BED'DING n. A bed and its furniture; a bed; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast. – Spenser.

BE-DEAD', v.t. [beded'.]

To deaden. – Hallywell.

BE-DECK', v.t. [be and deck.]

To deck; to adorn; to grace. – Shak.

BE-DECK'ED, pp.

Adorned; ornamental.

BE-DECK'ING, ppr.

Adorning; decking.

BEDE'HOUSE, n. [Sax. bead, a prayer, and house.]

Formerly, a hospital or alms-house, where the poor prayed for their founders and benefactors.

BE'DEL, n.

An officer in the universities of England. [A peculiar orthography of beadle.]

BE'DEL-RY, n.

The extent of a bedel's office. – Blount.

BE-DEW', v.t. [be and dew.]

To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; as, tears bedew her face. – Shak.

BE-DEW'ED, pp.

Moistened, as if with dew; gently moistened.

BE-DEW'ER, n.

That which bedews. – Sherwood.

BE-DEW'ING, ppr.

Moistening gently, as with dew; wetting.

BE-DEW'Y, a.

Moist with dew. [Little used.]

BED'FEL-LOW, n. [bed and fellow.]

One who lies in the same bed. – Shak.

BED'-HANG-INGS, n.

Curtains. – Shak.

BE-DIGHT', v.t. [bedi'te; be and dight.]

To adorn; to dress; to set off with ornaments. [Little used.] – More.

BE-DIGHT'ED, pp.

Adorned; set off with ornaments.

BE-DIGHT'ING, ppr.

Adorning.

BE-DIM', v.t. [be and dim.]

To make dim; to obscure or darken. – Sidney.

BE-DIM'MED, pp.

Made dim; obscured.

BE-DIM'MING, ppr.

Making dim; obscuring; darkening.

BE-DIZ'EN, v.t. [bediz'n; be and dizen.]

To adorn; to deck; a low word.