BED 



«n(3 a hHui funclris, or tmorliiaiis, on which the dead were 

 carried to tlic pile. Sci- li'Ni ral. 

 Wi.n of Slate. Sco Paraok. 



V,vn 'of J'lfticf, J-'<t <lf J»fli'-f, in ihe French Lnius, de- 

 noted a throne on which the kiiirr ufed to be feated m parlia- 

 ment. In this fenfe, lie was laid (o hold his /// de juftice, 

 when he went to the parliament of Paris, and held a folerpn 

 feillon. under a hij;!i canopy ercfted for the piiipole. The 

 htd of jmlice was only lieid on affairs relating to t!ie llatc ; 

 on wliiJi occalioii, all'the officers of the parhamcnt appeared 

 in red rohes ; at other times tliey wore black ones. Several 

 antliors have treated exprcily on the ceremonies of the bed 

 of jnlHce. 



Bfd of a great Gun, is a piece of plank laid within the 

 cheeks of the carriage, on the middle tranfum, for the breech 

 of the gun to rell on. 



Bed, or S'.ool of a MortM; is a folid piece of oak, in 

 form of a parellepipcd, bicr>;er or lefs, according to the di- 

 menlioiisof the mortar, hollowed a little in the middle to 

 receive the breech and half the trunnions. On the fides ot 

 the bed are fixed the cheeks or brackets by four bolts of 

 iron. 



In rtiips, when the decks lie too low from the ports, io 

 that the caniages of the pieces, with the trucks, cannot 

 mount the ordnance hifhcieiitly, but thr.t they lie too near 

 the gunwale ; the method is to make a falfe deck for fo 

 much as the piece will require for her traverfing to raife it 

 liigher ; and this they call a led. 



Bfd, in Cunleiiiiig., a fmall elevated plot or compartment 

 of ground, of three, four, or more feet in breadth, wh'ch 

 is ukful in the culture of mar.y forts of plants, efpecially 

 thofe of the fmaller kinds. It is always an eligible piadlice 

 to fovv and prick out different forts of fmall plants on beds 

 liaving narrow alleys between them, for the greater conveni- 

 ence of weeding, watering, gathering, &c. as by this means 

 fuch operations can be performed without trampling on the 

 crops. Thus the ground intended for afparagus and llraw- 

 berries fliould be divided into four feet wide beds, with 

 eighteen inches or two feet alleys between them. Onions 

 are likewife cultivated to the bell advantage on four feet 

 wide beds, having ten or twelve inch alleys ; the different 

 forts of lettuce and endive fhoiild alfo be fown and tranf- 

 planted into fcparate beds occalionally ; and alio various 

 forts of fmall plants, which can be more conveniently culti- 

 vated on beds, or in borders of funilar widths. Early ra- 

 dilhes are generally fown on beds, or fimilar compartments, 

 as being more convenient for the purpofes of covering them 

 oecafionally in frolly nights, and for weeding, thinning, v.'a- 

 tenng, and gathering them. 



All forts of plants that are particularly intended for 

 tranfplantation, fliould be fown in beds or narrow borders, 

 fo as to admit of (landing to weed, water, and draw the 

 plants, with nit trending j'pon them ; and for the fame rea- 

 fon, all plants neceifary to be pricked out previoufly to their 

 final tranfplanting, (hould alfo be pr.t out on fuch beds ; as 

 celery, cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, &c. Aromatic and 

 medicinal hfrbs of all forts (hould alfo, for the greateft part, 

 bedifpofed in beds with twelve or fifteen inch alleys between, 

 or at leall in borders of funilar widths ; particularly mint, 

 thyme, favory, marjoram, fage, hyffop, balm, pcnry-royal, 

 tanfey, t'trragon, feverfew, rue, Z<.c. as this method of bed- 

 ding ail forts of fmall plants is not only more commodious 

 for performing the neceflV.n.- operations without injuring the 

 plants, but has an air of uniformity which is conllantly to 

 be obferved in garden work. 



The moll nroper dimenfions for beds of this fort, as has 

 hecn obfcivcd, is four feet or lour feet and a half -in width, 



BED 



the length at pleafure, with intervening fliallow alleys of 

 from nine, twelve, or fifteen inches to two feet width, ac- 

 cording to the different forts of plants, fo that a pevfon iu 

 the alleys may calily reach half aciofs them to do the necef- 

 faiy woik without trampling the planls down, or treadin^v 

 the furface of the ground hard. 



Where flower gardens are wanted to be diflinfl from the 

 general pleal'uic ground, the fpaees ihould be divided into 

 regular parallel beds, of three or four feet in width, witli 

 ei'Tliteeu inches or two feet wide alleys, efpecially wIku 

 chiefly intended for the curious forts of bulbous-rooted flow- 

 ers, fiieh as tulips, hyacinths, rauuncuhifcs, anemones, and 

 other choice forts, where, by being depolited together in bed;-, 

 having intervening alleys, they admit of paifmg between 

 them, to perform, the ucceffary bufinefs of culture more ea- 

 fily, as well as to view the plants when in flower. Many 

 forts likewife appear to greater advantage in this way. 



The beds in tliefe cafes, ihould be neatly edged with 

 box or thrift. See Euging. 



The grounds of nurferies intended for raifing all forts of 

 flowers from feeds, flips, cuttings, patting of roots, &c. 

 fliould alio be divided into beds of three or four feet in 

 width. And in large nurferies for trees, the ground intended 

 for the reception of cuttings of moft forts of hardy trees and 

 flirubs, fliould alfo be generally divided into three or four 

 feet beds, having twelve or fifteen inch alleys between 

 them. 



Beds in common fliould only be raifed a very little higher 

 than the alleys, unlefs in cafes of too much flagnant iiioif- 

 ture, three or four inches higher than the level of the alley 

 is moftly fuflicient ; for when raifed conliderably, the alleys 

 affume the appearance of trenches, and have a difagrecable 

 efl'ecl. 



The earth of all forts of beds fliould be well broken down, 

 and laid as even as poffible in digging them over, being af- 

 terwards raked into neat order on the furface. 



B:ih for raifing melons, muflirooms, and the like, arc 

 commonly denominated r'ulges. 



Bkds, in fpeaking of hops, denote the floors whereon 

 they are fpread to dry. 



Bi'U of Corn, is a heap, flat at top, three or four feet 

 high; otherwife called a couch. 



]i\iD-n/^cnfe, a name given by the Arab yljlrononiers to a 

 fixed liar of the firll magnitude in the right flioulder of 

 Orion. Bcd-nlgenfe is ol a ruddy colour, by which it is 

 ealily diilinguiflicd. 



Bt!), in I\I,ifoiiry, denotes a courfe or range of ftoncs. 



BiiD, yohit of the, is the mortar between two ftones 

 placed over each other. 



Bed, in Sea Lan^uiigc, a flat, thick piece of timber laid 

 under the quarters of caflis, containing any liquid, and 

 flowed in the fliip's hold. 



Bkd of a River, the bottom of the channel in which 

 the llrcam flows. 



Beds, in fpeaking of minerals and foffils, fignify certain 

 fl;rata, or layers of matter, difpofed over each other. 



Bros, in the Keiu Hufhandry, denote thsT fpaces occu- 

 piM by the rows of corn, in contradiftin'iion from the open 

 fpaces between them, which are called alleys. 



BEDALACH, in the JlLiter'ia Mcd'ica, a name given 

 by fome wt iters to the gum bdellium ; but particularly to 

 that kind of it v.'hieh was brought from Arabia, and was 

 ot a yellowifli colour, like wax. 



BED-CHAMBER.— LonA or Gentlemen of ihe DrD- 

 ChAmbf.r, are perfons of the firft rank, fourteen in num- 

 ber, whofe office ufed to be, each in his turn, to attend a 

 week in the king's bed-chamber, lying by the king on a 



pallet- 



