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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. transitive

   "Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis? Whether better surbedded, in work, or laid as they grew in the bed?"

Example

More examples

"Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis? Whether better surbedded, in work, or laid as they grew in the bed?"

Etymology

From sur- + bed.

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