Surbed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surbed \Sur*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur- + bed.]
     To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position
     different from that which it had in the quarry.
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           It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the
           horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded.
                                                    --Gilbert
                                                    White.
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