'Surbed' definitions:
Definition of 'Surbed'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. --Gilbert White. [1913 Webster]