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pl. Architecture: The mouldings of a cornice in Grecian and Roman architecture immediately below the corona. It is called also BED-MOULD and BEDDING MOULDINGS. IMG:content-1183.png:[blocks in formation] * bě-dreīnt'e, pa . par . [A.S. drencan, drencean (pret. drencte), gedrencan (pret. gedrente) = to give to drink, to drench, to drown.] Drenched. bě-drench', v.t. [Eng. pref. be , and drench.] [BEDREINTE.] To drench; thoroughly to wet. such crimson tempest should bedrench The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land." Shaksp.: Rich. 11., iii. & bě-drěnçh'ed, pa. par. & a. [BEDRENCH.] bě-drěnçh'-ing, pr. par. [BEDRENCH.]