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English Dictionary: Bedding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bedding
n
  1. coverings that are used on a bed [syn: bedclothes, {bed clothing}, bedding]
  2. material used to provide a bed for animals
    Synonym(s): bedding material, bedding, litter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bedding}.]
      1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
  
                     I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
  
      3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
  
      4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed
            of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
  
      5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and
            security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish
            with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a
            stone; it was bedded on a rock.
  
                     Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
                     large bodies of still water are bedded.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
            to serve as a bed.
  
      7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
            recumbent position. [bd]Bedded hair.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bedding \Bed"ding\, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See {Bed}.]
      1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether
            for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
  
      2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.
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