noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.

Verb

1. 1
   To befoul with ordure; bedirt. UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bed + rite.

Etymology 2

From be- + drite.

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