Meaning of surbed | Babel Free

Definitions

To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

transitive

Examples

“Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis? Whether better surbedded, in work, or laid as they grew in the bed?”

“It is a freestone, cutting in all directions; yet has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded.”

“400mm wide X 200mm thick, bedded and jointed in 1:3:12 white cement:lime:sand mortar, all stones to be free of quarry sap and not laid surbedded.”

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