• BED
n. 1. a1300 – the grave; usually used with some qualification, as ‘narrow bed’
n. 2. 1864 – the ‘silver side’ of a round of beef
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the womb or uterus of an animal
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a heap of hay
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an anthill
n. 6. Bk1911 Sc. – a women’s confinement
vb. 1. c1175 obs. – to lodge, to find a resting-place
vb. 2. 1548 sl. – to have sex, mainly in the context of marrying a woman and taking her to bed on the wedding night
vb. 3. 1890 Eng. dial. – to become adapted to; to fit comfortably
vb. 4. 1970 Amer. dial. – to stack; to put in a pile
• BEDABBER
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to fade by keeping in the hands
• BEDABBERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – faded
• BEDABBLE
vb. 1590 – to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty
• BEDAD!
int. 1710 Ireland – an exclamation; a disguised oath
• BEDAFF
vb. 1. c1386 obs. – to make a fool of, to make foolish
vb. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – to confound or stupefy
• BEDAFT
adj. 1572 obs. – foolish, stupid
• BEDAFTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bewildered, confounded, stupefied
• BEDAG
vb. a1300 obs. – to bemire the bottom of, as dress
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bespatter with moisture
• BEDAGGLE
vb. 1580 obs. – to bemire the bottom of, as dress
• BEDAL
n. 1. Bk1795 – a beadle, an inferior officer of court, commonly called beagle
n. 2. 1875 Sc. – a bedridden person
• BED-ALE
n. 1880 obs. – ale brewed for christening
• BEDALL
n. 1. 1875 Sc. – a bedridden person
n. 2. Bk1876 Sc. – a gravedigger
• BEDAMNED
adv. L16 – a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely
• BEDANGED!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an expletive of determination or dismay
• BEDANGLED
adj. 1601 – beset with things dangling about one
• BEDARE
vb. 1599 obs. – to defy
• BEDASH
vb. 1. 1564 – to cover with dashes of colour or adornment
vb. 2. 1594 – to injure or spoil by dashing, as the wind or rain dashes flowers
vb. 3. 1609 – to dash against, to dash about
• BED ATHLETE
n. 1947 sl., orig. US – a promiscuous person
• BEDAUB
vb. 1. 1553-87 – to spatter with abuse; to vilify
vb. 2. 1581 – to load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess
• BEDAW
vb. 1. 1393 obs. rare – to dawn upon
vb. 2. a1529 – to make a fool of
• BEDAZE
vb. a1605 – to daze, to stupefy
• BEDAZED
adj. a1605 – dazed, stupefied; besotted
• BED BABY
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a baby too small to crawl
• BEDBAIT
n. Bk1984 US sl. – an underage sexual partner; can be male or female, but usually a teenage girl
• BED-BERE
n. 1420 obs. – a pillow-case
• BED-BLOCKER
n. 1975 orig. Brit., somewhat depreciative – a hospital patient, esp. an elderly one, whose treatment is complete but whose discharge is delayed because the necessary level of care is unavailable to him or her elsewhere
• BED-BOUND
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – bedridden
• BED-BOUNDER
n. 1637 UK sl. – a promiscuous person
• BED-BROKER
n. 1592 obs. – a pander, a pimp
• BEDBUG
n. 1. 1832 US sl. – an eccentric or crazy person
n. 2. 1903 US sl. – a person who enjoys staying in bed
n. 3. Bk1926 Amer. sl. – an amorous or uxorious person
n. 4. 1928 sl., orig. African-American – an unpleasant or insignificant person
n. 5. 1940 US railroad usage – a Pullman porter
n. 6. 2000 drug culture sl. – a drug addict
• BEDBUG ALLEY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live
• BEDBUGGER
n. 1990 US trucking sl. – the driver of a moving van or furniture van
• BEDBUG-HAULER
n. 1971 US trucking sl. – the driver of a moving van or furniture van
• BEDBUG ROW
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live
• BED-BUNNY
n. 1. Bk2006 US sl. – a female who enjoys sex immensely
n. 2. Bk2006 US sl. – a young female who will copulate with any male; a promiscuous woman
• BEDCHAMBER-MAN
n. 1643 – a servant of the bedchamber
• BEDCHAMBER-WOMAN
n. 1833 – a servant of the bedchamber
• BED-CHURN
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. – the boy who is the last to enter school in the morning
• BED CLOTHES
n. 1972 Amer dial. – blankets and sheets
• BEDCORD STRONG
adj. 1953 Amer. dial. – very strong indeed
• BED-CRONIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a bedfellow
• BEDDAL
n. 1. 1692 Sc. – a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman
n. 2. 1875 Sc. – a bedridden person
• BEDDALL
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a licensed beggar
• BEDDE
n. c1250 obs. – a bedfellow; a husband or wife
• BEDDED
adj. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bedridden
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out
• BEDDEL
adj. 1513 obs. rare – bedridden
n. 1. a1572 obs. rare – a bedridden person
n. 2. 1692 Sc. – a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman
• BEDDELL
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a licensed beggar
• BEDDER
n. 1. 1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a bed-maker
n. 2. Bk1891 – at Cambridge: a charwoman; one who makes the beds and performs other necessary domestic duties for residents in college
n. 3. 1897 university sl. – a bedroom
• BEDDIE
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a small bed
• BEDDINER
n. 1803 Eng. dial. – a maker or beds; one who sells bedding
• BEDDIT
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – gone to bed; put to bed
• BEDDLAR
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a beggar
• BEDDLE
n. 1. 1875 Sc. – a bedridden person
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a beadle
vb. 1939 Amer. dial. – to beg
• BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDERAL; BEDRAL; BEDRILL; BEDRILL
n. 1790 Sc. – a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person
• BEDDY
adj. 1. 1706 Sc. & Ireland – conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward
adj. 2. 1721 Sc. – greedy, covetous of trifles
n. Bk1989 US college sl. – a promiscuous girl; an attractive, sexually available young woman
• BEDDY-BYE
n. 20C juvenile sl. – bedtime
• BEDDY-BYES
n. 1906 – a nursery word for sleep; also, used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed
• BEDE
n. c1175 obs. rare – command, bidding
• BEDEAD
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out
• BEDEADED
adj. 1656 obs. – deadened
• BEDEAF
vb. 1620 obs. – to deafen
• BEDEAL
vb. c1000 obs. – to deprive, to bereave, to free of
• BE DEATH ON A THING
vb. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – to be opposed to it
• BEDEET
adj. 1845 Eng. dial. – dirtied, covered with dirt
vb. 1845 Eng. dial. – to dirty or foul
• BEDELL
n. 1. a1300 – in the English universities: the name of certain officials, formerly of two ranks distinguished as ‘esquire bedels’ and ‘yeomen bedels’, having various function as executive officers of the University; at Oxford, there are four, the junior- or sub-bedel being the official attendant of the Vice-chancellor, before whom he bears a silver staff or mace; at Cambridge, there are two, called esquire-bedells, both of whom officially walk in front of the Vice-chancellor with maces
n. 2. 1790 Sc. – a bedridden person; a helpless cripple
• BEDELLUS
n. 1927 Sc. – a college janitor in St. Andrews and Glasgow
• BEDELVE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to bury
vb. 2. c1000 obs. – to dig round or about
• BEDE-MAN
n. c1425 obs. – a beadsman, one who prays for another; a person who resides in a bede-house, or is supported from the funds appropriated for this purpose (bede-house – an alms-house)
• BEDENE
adv. 1. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – in one body or company; altogether
adv. 2. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately
• BEDERAL
n. 1 1815 Sc. – an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
n. 2. 1824 Sc. – a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person
• BEDERD!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an expletive, a slight oath
• BEDET
n. 1633 obs. – a horseman’s or soldier’s boy employed to carry his baggage
• BED-EVIL
n. 1609 obs. exc. Sc. – illness or sickness that confines to bed
• BEDEVILED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – evil disposed
• BEDEWMENT
n. a1679 obs. rare – a wetting with or as with dew
• BEDEWY
adj. 1607 obs. rare – dewy
• BED-FAGGOT
n. 1838 Eng. dial. – a contemptuous term for a bedfellow; generally applied to a prostitute
• BEDFAST
adj. a1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – confined to one’s bed by illness, either temporary or permanent, bedridden
• BED-FASTENED
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – confined to bed because of illness, infirmity or injury; bedridden
• BED-FAVOURITE
n. 19C Eng. dial. – a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning
• BEDFELLOW
n. 1. 1478 – one who shares a bed with another
n. 2. 1490 obs. – a husband or wife; a spouse; a concubine
n. 3. L19 sl. – the penis
n. 4. L19 sl. – the vagina
n. 5. Bk1988 Aust. sl. – a close companion or associate; often in an underhanded, clandestine sense
• BEDFELLOW OF BONES
n. Bk1891 sl. – a skinny, bony bedfellow
• BED-FERE
n. c1300 obs. – a bedfellow
• BED-FLY
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a flea
• BEDFORDSHIRE
n. 1665 humorous usage – bed
• BEDFORDSHIRE WOMAN
n. 1721 UK sl. – a prostitute
• BEDFUL OF BONES
n. 1832 Sc. – an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow
• BED-GAME
adj. 1602 obs. – going to bed
• BED-GANG
adj. a1300 obs. – going to bed
• BED-GATE
adj. c1440 obs. – going to bed
• BED-HAPPINGS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the bedclothes
• BED-HEAD
n. 1483 obs. – the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster
• BED-HILLINGS
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – the coverlet or counterpane
• BEDHOP
vb. 1960s sl. – to live a sexually promiscuous life
• BEDHOPPING
n. 1960s sl. – a sexually promiscuous life
• BED-HOUSE
n. 1. M19 sl. – a ‘short-time’ hotel
n. 2. Bk1902 sl. – a brothel
n. 3. 1945 Amer. railroad usage – a caboose
• BED-I-BO
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bedtime
• BEDIDDER
vb. c1000 obs. – to deceive, to delude
• BEDIDDLE
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – a car with only one working headlight
• BEDIDE!
int. 1903 Amer. euphemism – a mild oath; ‘be damned’
• BED-IFERE
n. 1393 obs. – a bedfellow
• BEDIGHT
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – bedecked, arrayed
vb. c1400 arch. – to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck
• BEDIGHTED
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – bedecked, arrayed
• BEDIGHTING
n. 1674 obs. – outfit, furnishing; hence, property, attribute
• BEDILT
adj. 1660 obs. rare – hidden, covered
• BEDINK
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to dress out smartly
• BEDIRT
vb. 1622 obs. – to cover or defile with dirt; to ‘throw dirt at,’ to vilify
• BEDIRTER
n. 1747 obs. – a thrower of dirt; a vilifier; one who slanders
• BEDIRTIN
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – soiled with excrement
• BE DISGUISED ITSELF
vb. 1848 Ireland – to be drunk
• BEDIZEN
vb. 1. 1661 – to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion
vb. 2. 1876 Eng. dial. – to dirty, to cover with dirt
• BEDIZENED
adj. 1707 – dressed up with vulgar finery
• BEDIZENMENT
n. 1837 – vulgar or gaudy attire
• BEDIZZEN
vb. 1661 – to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion
• BEDLAM
adj. a1535 – belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish
n. 1. 971 obs. – the town of Bethlehem in Judea
n. 2. 1522 obs. – an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm
n. 3. 1598 – madness, lunacy
n. 4. 1663 – a lunatic asylum, a madhouse
n. 5. 1884 Eng. dial. – a troublesome person or animal
• BEDLAM-BEGGAR
n. 1608 obs. – an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm
• BEDLAMER
n. 1. c1675 obs. – a lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt applied to boys and young men
• BEDLAM-HOLE
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a mad-house
• BEDLAMISTIC
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – disorderly; in confusion
• BEDLAMITE
adj. 1815 – lunatic, mad
n. 1621 obs. – a madman or lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm
• BEDLAMITISH
adj. 1824 – mad, foolish
• BEDLAMLIKE
adj. 1618 – mad-looking
• BEDLAMLY
adv. 1553-87 obs. – like a madman, insanely
• BEDLAM-MAN
n. 1658 – a madman; a lunatic
• BEDLAR
adj. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – bedridden
n. 1. 1447 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a person confined to bed
n. 2. 1815 Sc. – an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
• BEDLAWER
n. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a person confined to bed
• BEDLER
n. 1692 Sc. – a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman
• BEDLIER
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – a bedridden person
• BEDMAN
n. 1702 Eng. dial. – a sexton
• BED-MATCH
n. 1583 obs. – marriage, wedlock
• BED-MATE
n. 1582 – a bedfellow; a prostitute
• BEDMATES
n. Bk1986 sl. – an unmarried couple who live together or who share a bed for sexual purposes at a location other than the home of either partner
• BED-MINION
n. Bk1880 – a bardash; a homosexual male, a catamite
• BED MOTH
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – soft rolls of dust the collect on the floor under beds or other furniture
• BEDO
vb. 1. c1000 obs. – to put to, to shut
vb. 2. c1230 obs. – to befoul, to defile with ordure
vb. 3. a1500 obs. – to adorn, to ornament, to garnish
• BED OF DOWN
n. 1604 – a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position
• BED OF DUST
n. 1747 – the grave
• BED OF FLOWERS
n. 1777 – a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position
• BED OF HONOUR
n. 1663 – the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle
• BED OF ROSES
n. 1806 – a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position; a luxurious situation
• BEDOG
vb. 1858 – to follow about like a dog, to dog
• BEDOITRIFY
vb. 19C Sc. – to stupefy
• BEDOLED
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – stupefied with pain or grief
• BEDOLING-PAIN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a dull, continuous pain
• BEDONDERED
adj. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – crazy
• BEDONE
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – outwitted
• BEDONNERD
adj. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – crazy
• BEDOOT
prep. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – without, unless
► BEDOOZLE vb. 1. of tears: to fill the eye (and obscure the vision) → 1849 US sl.
vb. 2. to confuse, to bewilder → 1860 US sl.
vb. 3. to become emotional → 1908 US sl.
• BEDOOZLING
adj. 2000s US sl. – astounding, amazing
• BEDOTE
vb. c1385 obs. – to cause to dote, to make silly, to befool
• BEDOUBT
vb. 1470 obs. – to dread
• BE DOUBTED
vb. c1315 obs. – to be afraid
• BEDOUIN
n. 1. c1400 – an Arab of the desert
n. 2. 1863 – one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy, a wanderer or rover
• BEDOUT
prep. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – without, unless
• BEDOVEN
adj. a1000 obs. – immersed, plunged
• BEDOVE
adj. a1000 obs. – immersed, plunged
• BEDOVEN
adj. a1000 obs. – immersed, plunged
• BEDOW
vb. 1513 Sc. obs. – ? to sadden
• BEDOWN
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – downwards
prep. Bk1911 Sc. – down
• BE DOWN IN THE BACK
vb. 1907 US colloq. – to be in poor health, esp. to be suffering from pain in the back
• BE DOWN ON
vb. 1. 1792 UK sl. obs. – to be aware of, to understand
vb. 2. 1811 – to come down on a person; to fall upon; to assail, esp. with criticism or reprimands
vb. 3. 1825 colloq., chiefly US – to be opposed to; to show or express disapproval of
• BEDPAN COMMANDO
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a medical corpsman
• BEDPAN FROM JAPAN
n. Bk1945 jive usage – an unglamorous person
• BED-PARTNER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a hot water-bottle
• BEDPHEER
n. c1325 obs. – a bedfellow
• BEDPHERE
n. c1325 obs. – a bedfellow
• BED-PIECE
n. Bk1891 – a whore
• BED-PLAID
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a blanket
• BED POT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a chamber pot
• BEDPRESSER
n. 1. 1598 obs. – a heavy, lazy fellow
n. 2. 19C sl. – a prostitute, a hussy, a harlot
n. 3. 1933 US sl. – a whoremonger, a womanizer
• BEDRABBLE
vb. c1440 – to make wet and dirty with rain and mud
• BEDRAGGLE
vb. 1727 – to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt
• BEDRAL
adj. 1513 obs. rare – bedridden
n. 1. 1815 Sc. – an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a bedridden person; a helpless cripple
• BEDRAVEL
vb. 1377 obs. – to cover with drivel or saliva
• BEDRAWL
vb. 1377 obs. – to cover with drivel or saliva
• BEDREAD
adj. c1485 obs. rare – dreaded
• BED-REEDE
adj. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. – bedridden, confined to bed
• BEDREL
adj. 1513 obs. rare – bedridden
n. 1. a1572 obs. rare exc. Sc. – a bedridden person; a helpless cripple
n. 2. 1815 Sc. – an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
• BE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. – to be dressed in a youthful style
• BEDRID
adj. 1. c1000 – confined to bed through sickness or infirmity
adj. 2. 1621 – worn out, decrepit, impotent
• BEDRIDDEN
n. 1429 obs. rare – a bedridden person
• BEDRIL; BEDRILL
n. 1790 Sc. – a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person
• BEDRIP
n. 1893 Ireland – a crowd; orig. a band of harvesters
• BEDRITE
vb. 1721 Sc. – to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty
• BEDRITTEN
adj. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty
• BEDRIVE
vb. c1205 obs. – to commit, perpetrate, to do; to drive about
• BEDROCK
n. 1883 – bottom, lowest level
• BEDROOM ATHLETE
n. 1972 sl. – a promiscuous person
• THE BEDROOM EYE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a flirtatious glance
• BEDROOM EYES
n. 1910s sl. – a look in the eyes that invites the person on whom it is focused towards seduction
• BEDROOM SHOE
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – a house slipper
• BEDROOMY
adj. 1865 colloq. – characteristic of a bedroom
• BEDROWSE
vb. 1877 – to make drowsy
• BED-RUG
n. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a counterpane, a coverlet
• BEDS
n. 1885 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the game of hopscotch
• BED SHOE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a house slipper
• BEDSINK
n. 1973 Amer. dial. – a small alcove off a kitchen, with a curtain rather than a door, where older people could sleep warmly in winter
• BED-SISTER
n. 1297 obs. – the mistress of a married man in relation to his lawful wife
• BED-SLAT
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – an emaciated animal
• BED-SLAT RIB
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – a protruding rib of an emaciated animal
• BEDSTEADER
n. 1942 US trucking sl. – a sleepy truck driver
• BEDSTEAD RELATION
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an in-law; a relation you get in marriage
• BEDSTOCK
n. 1483 – a bedstead, or it’s front and back parts
• BED-SWERVER
n. 1611 obs. – one unfaithful to the marriage bed; an adulterer
• BEDTHER
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. – a cripple
• BED-THRALL
n. 1815 Sc. – a bedridden person; a bedral
• BED TICK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a bedbug
• BEDTIME STORY
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an incredible story
n. 2. Bk2006 US sl. – a simplistic and condescending explanation for something; a lie
• BED-TWILT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a bed quilt
• BEDU
n. 1912 – a Bedouin
• BEDUB
vb. 1657 obs. – to adorn
• BEDUNCH
vb. 1567 obs. – to strike against
• BEDUNDER
vb. 19C Sc. – to stupefy, to confound
• BEDUSK
vb. 1566 – to shroud in gloom, as of twilight
• BED VESSEL
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a chamber pot
• BED-VOW
n. 1600 obs. – promise of fidelity to the marriage-bed
• BEDWADDLED
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – confused, distressed, bewildered, stupid
• BEDWARD
adv. c1430 obs. – towards bedtime; just before going to bed
• BEDWELE
vb. c1205 obs. – to mislead, to lead into error
• BEDWELEN
vb. c1205 obs. – to mislead, to lead into error
• BED-WETTER
n. 2002 US sl. – one who is a failure; an incompetent person
• BEDWIN
n. c1400 – a Bedouin, an Arab of the desert
• BEDWOMAN
n. 1568 obs. – a woman confined to bed
• BED-WORK
n. 1606 obs. – work that is or can be done in bed or without toil, easy work
• BEDWYNGE
vb. 1480 obs. – to constrain, to restrain
• BEDYNER
n. Bk1855 obs. – a servant; an officer
• BEDYOW
n. 1929 Sc. – a lazy, good-for-nothing woman
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