Category:Surbed

Sur*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbedding.] Etym: [pref. sur- + bed.]

Defn: 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.