Surbed vs Sunbed - What's the difference?
surbed | sunbed |
As a verb surbed is to set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. As a noun sunbed is a device emitting ultraviolet radiation used to produce a cosmetic suntan.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
surbed English
Verb
To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
* 1728 , John Houghton, A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade (page 291)
- Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis''? Whether better ''surbedded'' , in ''work , or laid as they grew in the bed?
* 1836 , Gilbert White, The natural history of Selborne (page 9)
- It is a freestone, cutting in all directions; yet has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded .
* 1997 , Derek Lovejoy Partnership, Spon's landscape handbook (page 165)
- 400mm wide X 200mm thick, bedded and jointed in 1:3:12 white cement:lime:sand mortar, all stones to be free of quarry sap and not laid surbedded .
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sunbed English
Noun
( en noun)
A device emitting ultraviolet radiation used to produce a cosmetic suntan.
A lounger, or reclining beach chair.
Synonyms
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