surbed

present singular third person surbeds · participle present surbedding · participle past surbedded · past surbedded

1. transitiveTo set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

   Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis? Whether better surbedded, in work, or laid as they grew in the bed?

   1728, John Houghton, A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade, page 291

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   It is a freestone, cutting in all directions; yet has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded.

   1836, Gilbert White, The natural history of Selborne, page 9

   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.

   1997, Derek Lovejoy Partnership, Spon's landscape handbook, page 165