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Meaning of SURBED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sur*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur- + bed.]
To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position
different from that which it had in the quarry.
      It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the
      horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded.
                                               --Gilbert
                                               White.
 
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