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Definition of Surbed
1. v. t. To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
Definition of Surbed
1. Verb. (transitive) To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. ¹
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Definition of Surbed
1. to set on edge [v SURBEDDED, SURBEDDING, SURBEDS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surbed
Literary usage of Surbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"To surbed coal, to set it edge- waies on the fire that the heat and flame may
cleare it and make it burn with greater vehemence," Kenne«, MS. ..."
2. The Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire by Thomas Sternberg (1851)
"Thus the proverb, " Sunday's moon floods 'for'ts out." surbed, n. To " surbed"
a stone is to invert it, to place it in an opposite position to what it held ..."
3. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1904)
"In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but
1 To surbed stone Is to set it edgewise, contrary to the posture it had in ..."
4. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1898)
"GW 2 To surbed stone is to set it edgewise, contrary to the posture it had in
the quarry, says Dr. Plot, " Oxfordshire," p. 77. ..."
5. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"(Dwight) surbed. Set, as a stone, on edge, or In a position different from that
in the quarry. (Standard) Surcharge. 1. The algebraic sum of the losses and ..."
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