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Confined to bed. bed-hangings, s. pl. Hangings or curtains for a bed. the story of the prodigal, or the German hunt ing in water-work, is worth a you sand of these bed hangings..."-Shakesp. 2 Hon . IV ., ii. 1. bed-head, s. The head of a bed. † bed-lare, s. & a. [Eng. bed , and O. Scotch lare bed; from A.S. leger = (1) a lying down, (2) cause of lying down, a disease, (3) place of lying down, a bed.] ( Scotch .) 1. As substantive: A bed. Cheld bed-lare: Child-bed. 2. As adjective: Bedridden; confined to bed. to pruft that Johne of Ker wes seke and bedlare the tyme of the alienatioun of the said land, and how sone he deit thereftir," . -Act . Audit ., A. 1474, p. 36. bed-lathe, 3. A lathe of the normal type in which the puppets and rest are supported upon two parallel and horizontal beams or shears. IMG:content-1179.png:[blocks in formation] "Better at home lie bedrid, not only idle, Inglorious, unemploy'd, with age outworn." Milton: Samson Agonistes. "He might be bedridden."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xii. 2. Of things: Characteristic of a person confined to bed by sickne . "Disturb his hours of rest with restle trances, Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans.' Shakesp.: Tarquin and Lucrece. bed-rite, s. The rite, ceremony, or privilege of the marriage-bed. "Whose vows are that no bed - rite shall be paid, Till Hymen's torch be lighted." Shakesp.: Tempest , iv. 1. (Editions consulted by Dr. Johnson, Mrs. Cowden Clarke, .) Bed - rite gives a more logical meaning to the pa age than bed - right (q.v.). bed-room, s. *1. Room in a bed. 2. A room designed for the accommodation of a bed, to be occupied during the night. "The collectors were empowered to examine the interior of every house in the realm, to disturb families at meals, to force the doors of bed -rooms..."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xi.