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Beddings

[bed-ing] Origin

bed·ding

[bed-ing]
noun
1.
blankets, sheets, etc., used on a bed; bedclothes.
2.
bedclothes together with a matress.
3.
litter; straw, etc., as a bed for animals.
4.
Building Trades.
a.
a foundation or bottom layer.
b.
a thin layer of putty laid in the rabbet of a window frame or muntin to give a pane of glass an even backing.
5.
Geology. arrangement of sedimentary rocks in strata.
adjective
6.
Horticulture. of or pertaining to a plant especially suited to or prepared for planting in an open-air bed for ornamental displays: bedding hyacinths; bedding begonias.

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Beddings is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see bed, -ing1
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bedding
later O.E. beddinge "bedding, bed covering," from bed. Meaning "bottom layer of anything" is from c.1400.
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