bedewy (ew as u)

[Eng. prefix be, and dewy.] Covered with dew. "Dark Night, from her bedewy wings, Drops silence to the eyes of all." Brewer: Lingua , v. 16. běd'-fel-low ( Eng .), * běd'-fal-low (0. Scotch), s. [Eng. bed ; fellow .] L. Literally : 1. Gen. One who sleeps in the same bed with another is bedfellow to that other, and vice vers a. In med iæval times it was common for two men, even of high rank, to occupy the same bed; thus Lord Scroop was said to have been bedfellow to Henry V. Poverty, of course, has in all ages nece itated the same arrangement. [BEDMATE.] "Nay, but the man who was his bedfellow , Whom he hath cloy'd and grac'd with kingly favours." Shakesp.: Henry V. , ii. 2. "With consent of our said souerane Lord, his Maiesties darrest bed fallow ,"-Acts, Ja . VI ., 1612 (ed. 1814), p. 474. "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."Shakesp. Tempest, ii. 2. 2. Spec.: One's married spouse. ( Scotch .) II. Fig .: Anything for the time being lying on the bed with one. "Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow, Being so troublesome a bedfellow ?" Shakesp.: 2 Henry IV ., Iv. 4 běd-hăng-ings. [BED-HANGINGS.]