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ID	Word	Definition
90	abed	[.] ABED', adv. [See Bed.] On or in bed.
254	absorbed	[.] ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.
1759	all-obedient	[.] ALL-OBE'DIENT, a. Entirely obedient.
3862	ascribed	[.] ASCRI'BED, pp. Attributed or imputed; considered or alleged, as belonging.
4996	barbed	[.] B'ARBED, pp. [See Barb.] [.] 1. Furnished with armor; as barbed steeds. [.] 2. Bearded; jagged with hooks or points; as barbed arrows. [.] 3. Shaved or trimmed; having the beard dressed.
5027	bareribbed	[.] BA'RERIBBED, a. Lean.
5419	bed	[.] BED, n. [The sense is a lay or spread, from laying or setting.] [.] 1. A place or an article of furniture to sleep and take rest on; in modern times, and among civilized men, a sack or tick filled with feathers or wool; but a bed may be made of straw or any other ...
5420	bed-clothes	[.] BED'-CLOTHES, n. plu. [bed and clothes.] [.] Blankets, or coverlets, &c.,for beds.
5421	bed-hangings	[.] BED-HANGINGS, n. Curtains.
5422	bedabble	[.] BEDAB'BLE, v.t. [be and dabble.] To wet; to sprinkle [.] Bedabbled with the dew.
5423	bedabbled	[.] BEDAB'BLED, pp. Wet; sprinkled.
5424	bedabbling	[.] BEDAB'BLING, ppr. Wetting; sprinkling.
5425	bedaff	[.] BEDAFF', v.t. To make a fool of. [Not in use.]
5426	bedaggle	[.] BEDAG'GLE, v.t. [be and daggle.] To soil, as clothes, by drawing the ends in the mud, or spattering them with dirty water.
5427	bedaggled	[.] BEDAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the mud in walking; bespattering.
5428	bedare	[.] BEDA'RE, v.t. [be and dare.] To dare; to defy. [Not used.]
5429	bedark	[.] BEDARK', v.t. [be and dark.] To darken. [Not used.]
5430	bedash	[.] BEDASH', v.t. [be and dash.] To wet, by throwing water, or other liquor upon; to bespatter, with water or mud.
5431	bedashed	[.] BEDASH'ED, pp. Bespattered with water or other liquid.
5432	bedashing	[.] BEDASH'ING, ppr. Bespattering; dashing water upon, or other liquid.
5433	bedaub	[.] BEDAUB', v.t. [be and daub.] To daub over; to besmear with viscous, slimy matter; to soil with any thing thick and dirty.
5434	bedaubed	[.] BEDAUB'ED, pp. Daubed over; besmeared.
5435	bedaubing	[.] BEDAUB'ING, ppr. Daubing over; besmearing.
5436	bedazzle	[.] BEDAZ'ZLE, v.t. [be and dazzle.] To confound the sight by too strong a light; to make dim by luster.
5437	bedazzled	[.] BEDAZ'ZLED, pp. Having the sight confounded by too strong a light.
5438	bedazzling	[.] BEDAZ'ZLING, ppr. Confounding or making dim by a too brilliant luster.
5439	bedchamber	[.] BED'CHAMBER, n. [bed and chamber.] An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or for sleep and repose.
5440	bedded	[.] BED'DED, pp. Laid in a bed; inclosed as in a bed.
5441	bedder	[.] BED'DER
5442	bedding	[.] 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.
5443	bedeck	[.] BEDECK', v.t. [be and deck.] To deck; to adorn; to grace.
5444	bedecked	[.] BEDECK'ED, pp. Adorned; ornamented.
5445	bedecking	[.] BEDECK'ING, ppr. Adorning; decking.
5446	bedehouse	[.] BE'DEHOUSE, n. Formerly, a hospital or alms house, where the poor prayed for their founders and benefactors.
5447	bedel	[.] BE'DEL, n. An officer in the universities of England. [A peculiar orthography of beadle.]
5448	bedelry	[.] BE'DELRY, n. The extent of a bedel's office.
5449	bedetter	[.] BEDET'TER, n. [from bed.] The nether stone of an oil mill.
5450	bedew	[.] BEDEW', v.t. [be and dew.] To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; as, tears bedew her face.
5451	bedewed	[.] BEDEW'ED, pp. Moistened, as if with dew; gently moistened.
5452	bedewer	[.] BEDEW'ER, n. That which bedews.
5453	bedewing	[.] BEDEW'ING, ppr. Moistening gently, as with dew; wetting.
5454	bedewy	[.] BEDEW'Y, a. Moist with dew. [Little used.]
5455	bedfellow	[.] BED'FELLOW, n. [bed and fellow.] One who lies in the same bed.
5456	bedight	[.] BEDI'GHT, v.t. bedi'te. [be and dight.] To adorn; to dress; set off with ornaments. [Little used.]
5457	bedighted	[.] BEDI'GHTED, pp. Adorned; set off with ornaments.
5458	bedighting	[.] BEDI'GHTING, ppr. Adorning.
5459	bedim	[.] BEDIM', v.t. [be and dim.] To make dim; to obscure or darken.
5460	bedimmed	[.] BEDIM'MED, pp. Made dim; obscured.
5461	bedimming	[.] BEDIM'MING, ppr. Making dim; obscuring; darkening.
5462	bedizen	[.] BEDIZ'EN, v.t. bediz'n. [be and dizen.] To adorn; to deck; a low word.
5463	bedizened	[.] BEDIZ'ENED, pp. Bedecked; adorned.
5464	bedizening	[.] BEDIZ'ENING, ppr. Adorning.
5465	bedlam	[.] 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.] [.] 2. A madman; a lunatic; one who lives in Bedlam. [.] 3. A place of ...
5466	bedlamite	[.] BED'LAMITE, n. An inhabitant of a madhouse, a madman.
5467	bedmaker	[.] BED'MAKER, n. [bed and maker.] One whose occupation is to make beds, as a college or university.
5468	bedmate	[.] BED'MATE, n. [bed and mate.] A bedfellow.
5469	bedote	[.] BEDO'TE, v.t. [be and dote.] To make to dote. [Not in use.]
5470	bedpost	[.] BED'POST, n. [bed and post.] The post of a bedstead.
5471	bedpresser	[.] BED'PRESSER, n. [bed and press.] A lazy fellow; one who loves his bed.
5472	bedraggle	[.] BEDRAG'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.
5473	bedraggled	[.] BEDRAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the dirt, in walking.
5474	bedraggling	[.] BEDRAG'GLING, ppr. Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud.
5475	bedrenched	[.] BEDRENCH'ED, pp. Drenched; soaked.
5476	bedrenching	[.] BEDRENCH'ING, ppr. Soaked; drenching.
5477	bedrid	[.] BED'RID
5478	bedridden	[.] BED'RIDDEN, a. [bed and ride.] Confined to the bed, by age or infirmity.
5479	bedrite	[.] BED'RITE, n. [bed and rite.] The privilege of the marriage bed.
5480	bedroom	[.] BED'ROOM, n. [bed and room.] A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room. [.] 1. Room in a bed. [Not in use.]
5481	bedrop	[.] BEDROP' v.t. [be and drop.] To sprinkle, as with drops.
5482	bedropped	[.] BEDROP'PED, pp. Sprinkled as with drops; speckled; variegated with spots.
5483	bedside	[.] BED'SIDE, n. The side of the bed.
5484	bedstaff	[.] 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.
5485	bedstead	[.] BED'STEAD, n. bed'sted. [bed and stead.] A frame for supporting a bed.
5486	bedstraw	[.] BED'STRAW, n. [bed and straw.] Straw laid under a bed to make it soft; also the name of a plant, a species of galium.
5487	bedswerver	[.] BED'SWERVER, n. [bed and swerve.] One that swerves from his bed; that is one who is false and unfaithful to the marriage vow.
5488	bedtime	[.] BED'TIME, n. [bed and time.] The time to go to rest; the usual hour of going to bed.
5489	beduck	[.] BEDUCK', v.t. [be and duck.] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.
5490	bedust	[.] BEDUST', v.t. [be and dust.] To sprinkle, soil or cover with dust.
5491	bedward	[.] BED'WARD, adv. [bed and ward.] Toward bed.
5492	bedwarf	[.] BEDWARF', v.t. [be and dwarf.] To make little; to stunt or hinder growth.
5493	bedwork	[.] BED'WORK, n. [bed and work.] Work done in bed, without toil of the hands or with ease.
5494	bedye	[.] BEDY'E, v.t. [be and dye.] To dye; to stain.
5495	bedyed	[.] BEDY'ED, pp. Dyed; stained.
6195	bilobed	[.] BILO'BED
6677	bobbed	[.] BOB'BED, pp. Beat of shaken; cheated; gained by fraud; deluded.
7324	briderbed	[.] BRI'DERBED, n. [bride and bed.] The marriage bed.
7656	bulbed	[.] BULB'ED, a. Round headed.
9628	childbed	[.] CHILDBED, n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child or being in labor; parturition.
9881	chubbed	[.] CHUBBED,
10070	circumscribed	[.] CIRCUMSCRIBED, pp. Drawn round as a line; limited; confined. [.] [.] In geometry, this word is applied to a figure which is drawn round another figure, so that all its sides or planes touch the inscribed figure.
10370	climbed	[.] CLIMBED, pp. [.] 1. One who climbs, mounts or rises, by the hands and feet; one who rises by labor or effort. [.] 2. A plant that creeps and rises on some support.
10522	clubbed	[.] CLUBBED, pp. [.] 1. Collected into a sum and averaged, as different expenses. [.] 2. United to one end or effect. [.] 3. Shaped like a club. [.] 4. Having the britch turned upwards, as a musket. [.] 5. Heavy like a club.
10686	cobwebbed	[.] COBWEBBED, n. [.] 1. In botany, covered with a thick interwoven pubescence. [.] 2. Covered with cobwebs.
11060	combed	[.] COMBED, pp. Separated, cleaned, or dressed with a comb.
11923	conglobed	[.] CONGLOBED, pp. Collected into a ball.
13301	crabbed	[.] CRABBED, a. [from crab.] [.] 1. Rough; harsh; austere; sour; peevish; morose; cynical; applied to the temper. [.] 2. Rough; harsh; applied to things. [.] 3. Difficult; perplexing; as a crabbed author or subject.
13302	crabbedly	[.] CRABBEDLY, adv. Peevishly; roughly; morosely; with perplexity.
13303	crabbedness	[.] CRABBEDNESS, n. [.] 1. Roughness; harshness. [.] 2. Sourness; peevishness; asperity. [.] 3. Difficulty; perplexity.
13493	cribbed	[.] CRIBBED, pp. Shut up; confined; caged.
13931	curbed	[.] CURBED, pp. Restrained; checked; kept in subjection; furnished with a curb.
14290	daubed	[.] DAUB'ED, pp. Smeared with soft adhesive matter; plastered; painted coarsely; disguised; loaded with ill chosen finery. [.] DAUB'ER, n. One who daubs; a coarse painter; a low and gross flatterer. [.] [.] DAUB'ING, ppr. Plastering; ...
14314	daybed	[.] DA'YBED, n. A bed used for idleness, indulgence, or rest during the day. [.] DA'YBOOK, n. A journal of accounts; a book in which are recorded the debts and credits or accounts of the day. [.] DA'YBREAK, n. The dawn or ...
14384	death-bed	[.] DEATH-BED, n. deth'-bed. The bed on which a person dies or is confined in his last sickness. [.] DEATH'-BODING, a. Portending death. [.] DEATH-DARTING, a. Darting or inflicting death. [.] DEATH'S-DOOR, ...
15435	described	[.] DESCRIBED, pp. Represented in form by marks or figures; delineated; represented by words or signs.
16780	disobedience	[.] DISOBEDIENCE, n. [dis and obedience.] [.] 1. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbid; breach of duty prescribed by authority. [.] [.] By one mans ...
16781	disobedient	[.] DISOBEDIENT, a. [.] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; as children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws. [.] [.] I ...
16795	disorbed	[.] DISORBED, a. [dis and orb.] Thrown out of the proper orbit; as a star disorbed.
17001	disrobed	[.] DISROBED, pp. Divested of clothing; stripped of covering.
17218	disturbed	[.] DISTURBED, pp. Stirred; moved; excited; discomposed; disquieted; agitated; uneasy.
17682	down-bed	[.] DOWN-BED, n. A bed of down.
17942	drubbed	[.] DRUBBED, pp. Beat with a cudgel; beat soundly.
17995	dubbed	[.] DUBBED, pp. Struck; made a knight.
18806	embed	[.] EMBED', v.t. [en, in, and bed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; as, to embed a thing in clay or in sand.
18807	embedded	[.] EMBED'DED, pp. Laid as in a bed; deposited or inclosed in surrounding matter; as ore embedded in sand.
18808	embedding	[.] EMBED'DING, ppr. Laying, depositing or forming, as in a bed.
19408	enrobed	[.] ENRO'BED, pp. Attired; invested.
19529	entombed	[.] ENTOMBED, pp. Deposited in a tomb; buried; interred.
19608	enwombed	[.] ENWOMBED, pp. Impregnated; buried in a deep gulf or cavern.
21543	feather-bed	[.] FEATH'ER-BED
21809	fether-bed	[.] FETH'ER-BED, n. A bed filled with fethers; a soft bed.
21901	field-bed	[.] FIE'LD-BED, n. A bed for the field.
22205	fivelobed	[.] FI'VELOBED, a. Consisting of five lobes.
22632	fobbed	[.] FOB'BED, pp. Cheated; imposed on.
23630	full-orbed	[.] FULL-ORBED, a. Having the orb complete or fully illuminated as the moon; like the full moon.
25895	hardnibbed	[.] H`ARDNIBBED, a. Having a hard nib or point.
27089	honey-combed	[.] HONEY-COMBED, a. Having little flaws or cells.
27318	hotbed	[.] HOT'BED, n. In gardening, a bed of earth and horsedung or tanner's bark, covered with glass to defend it form the cold air, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotic plants of warm climates, which will not thrive in cool or temperate air.
28059	imbed	[.] IMBED', v.t. [in and bed.] To sink or lay in a bed; to place in a mass of earth, sand or other substance, so as to be partly inclosed.
28060	imbedded	[.] IMBED'DED, pp. Laid or inclosed, as in a bed or mass of surrounding matter.
28061	imbedding	[.] IMBED'DING, ppr. Laying, as in a bed.
28065	imbibed	[.] IMBI'BED, pp. Drank in, as a fluid; absorbed; received into the mind and retained.
28401	imperturbed	[.] IMPERTURB'ED, a. Undisturbed. [Not in use.]
29958	inobedience	[.] INOBE'DIENCE. n. Disobedience; neglect of obedience.
29959	inobedient	[.] INOBE'DIENT, a. Not yielding obedience; neglecting to obey.
30043	inscribed	[.] INSCRI'BED, pp. Written on; engraved; marked; addressed.
30686	intombed	[.] INTOMBED, pp. intoom'ed. Deposited in a tomb; buried.
31725	kibed	[.] KI'BED, a. Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.
31891	knobbed	[.] KNOB'BED, a. nob'bed. Containing knobs; full of knobs.
32890	limbed	[.] LIMB'ED, a. In composition, formed with regard to limbs; as well-limbed; large-limbed; short-limbed.
33172	lobed	[.] LO'BED, a. [from lobe.] Consisting of lobes. In botany, divided to the middle into parts distant from each other, with convex margins.
35508	misobedience	[.] MISOBE'DIENCE, n. Erroneous obedience or disobedience. [Not used.]
37006	nibbed	[.] NIBBED, a. Having a nib or point.
37475	numbed	[.] NUMBED, pp. Rendered torpid.
37600	obedience	[.] OBE'DIENCE, n. [L. obedientia. See Obey.] [.] Compliance with a command, prohibition or known law and rule of duty prescribed; the performance of what is required or enjoined by authority, or the abstaining from what is prohibited, in compliance with the command ...
37601	obedient	[.] OBE'DIENT, a. [L. obediens.] Submissive to authority; yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbid. [.] The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, with due observance, wait the chief's ...
37602	obediential	[.] OBEDIEN'TIAL, a. According to the rule of obedience; in compliance with commands; as obediential submission.
37603	obediently	[.] OBE'DIENTLY, adv. With obedience; with due submission to commands; with submission or compliance with orders.
38288	orbed	[.] ORB'ED, a. [.] 1. Round; circular; orbicular. [.] 2. Formed into a circle or round shape. [.] 3. Rounded or covered on the exterior. [.] The wheels were orbed with gold.
40553	perturbed	[.] PERTURB'ED, pp. Disturbed; agitated; disquieted. [.] [.] Rest, rest, perturbed spirit.
41124	pissabed	[.] PISS'ABED, n. The vulgar name of a yellow flower, growing among grass.
41476	plumbed	[.] PLUMBED, pp. plum'med. Adjusted by a plumb-line.
42616	prescribed	[.] PRESCRI'BED, pp. Directed; ordered.
43336	proscribed	[.] PROSCRI'BED, pp. Doomed to destruction; denounced as dangerous, or as unworthy of reception; condemned; banished.
44052	quadrilobed	[.] QUAD'RILOBED, a. [L. quadra, or quatuor, four, and lobe, Gr.] [.] In botany, having four lobes; as a quadrilobed leaf.
44300	quinquelobed	[.] QUIN'QUELOBED, a. [L. quinque, five, and lobus, lobe.] [.] Five-lobed; divided to the middle into five distinct parts with convex margins.
44780	reabsorbed	[.] REABSORB'ED, pp. Imbibed again. [.]
46921	ribbed	[.] RIB'BED, pp. or a. [.] 1. Furnished with ribs; as ribbed with steel. [.] 2. Inclosed as with ribs. [.] 3. Marked or formed with rising lines and channels; as ribbed cloth.
47119	robbed	[.] ROB'BED, pp. Deprived feloniously and by violence; plundered; seized and carried away by violence.
47125	robed	[.] RO'BED, pp. Dressed with a robe; arrayed with elegance.
48126	scabbed	[.] SCAB'BED, a. [from scab.] [.] 1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs. [.] 2. Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
48127	scabbedness	[.] SCAB'BEDNESS, n. The state of being scabbed.
48531	scrubbed	[.] SCRUB'BED,
50581	slugabed	[.] SLUG'ABED, n. One who indulges in lying abed. [Not in use.]
51856	stabbed	[.] STABBED, pp. Pierced with a pointed weapon; killed with a spear or other pointed instrument.
52762	stubbed	[.] STUBBED, a. [.] 1. Short and thick like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. [.] 2. Hardy; not nice or delicate.
52763	stubbedness	[.] STUBBEDNESS, n. Bluntness; obtuseness.
53047	subscribed	[.] SUBSCRI'BED, pp. Having a name or names written underneath. The petition is subscribed by two thousand persons. [.] 1. Promised by writing the name and sum. [.] [.] A large sum is subscribed.
53146	suburbed	[.] SUB'URBED, a. Bordering on a suburb; having a suburb on its out part.
53521	superscribed	[.] SUPERSCRI'BED, pp. Inscribed on the outside.
53660	surbed	[.] SURBED', v.t. [sur and bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
54231	table-bed	[.] TA'BLE-BED, n. [table and bed.] A bed in the form of a table.
55244	three-lobed	[.] THREE'-LOBED, a. [three and lobe.] A three-lobed leaf, is one that is divided to the middle into three parts, standing wide from each other and having convex margins.
55321	thumbed	[.] THUMB'ED
56019	transcribed	[.] TRANSCRI'BED, pp. Copied.
56462	triply-ribbed	[.] TRIP'LY-RIBBED, a. [triple and rib.] In botany, having a pair of large ribs branching off from the main one above the base, as in the leaves of many species of sunflower.
56621	truckle-bed	[.] TRUCK'LE-BED, n. [truckle and bed.] A bed that runs on wheels and may be pushed under another; a trundle-bed.
56660	trundle-bed	[.] TRUN'DLE-BED, n. A bed that is moved on trundles or little wheels; called also truckle-bed.
56973	two-lobed	[.] TWO-LOBED, a. Bilobate.
57118	unabsorbed	[.] UNABSORB'ED, a. Not absorbed; not imbibed.
57343	unbarbed	[.] UNB'ARBED, a. Not shaven. [Not in use.]
57361	unbed	[.] UNBED', v.t. To raise or rouse from bed. [.] Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder.
57362	unbedded	[.] UNBED'DED, pp. Raised from bed; disturbed.
57363	unbedding	[.] UNBED'DING, ppr. Raising from bed.
57469	unbribed	[.] UNBRI'BED, a. Not bribed; not corrupted by money; not unduly influenced by money or gifts.
57573	uncircumscribed	[.] UNCIRCUMSCRI'BED, a. Not circumscribed; not bounded; not limited. [.] Where the prince is uncircumscribed, obedience ought to be unlimited.
57629	uncombed	[.] UNCOMBED, a. Not combed; not dressed with a comb.
57819	uncurbed	[.] UNCURB'ED, a. Not curbed; not restrained; licentious.
58029	undescribed	[.] UNDESCRI'BED, a. Not described.
58123	undisturbed	[.] UNDISTURB'ED, a. [.] 1. Free from interruption; not molested or hindered; as undisturbed with company or noise. [.] 2. Free from perturbation of mind; calm; tranquil; placid; serene; not agitated. To be undisturbed by danger, by perplexities, by injuries received, ...
58124	undisturbedly	[.] UNDISTURB'EDLY, adv. Calmly; peacefully.
58125	undisturbedness	[.] UNDISTURB'EDNESS, n. Calmness; tranquillity; freedom from molestation or agitation.
58223	unentombed	[.] UNENTOMBED, a. Not buried; not interred.
58683	uninscribed	[.] UNINSCRI'BED, a. Not inscribed; having no inscription.
61713	webbed	[.] WEBBED, a. [from web.] Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as the webbed feet of aquatic fowls.

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