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動詞

surbed (三人称単数 現在形 surbeds, 現在分詞 surbedding, 過去形および過去分詞形 surbedded)

1. (transitive) 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.