different between terms vs surbed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

sur- +? bed

Verb

surbed (third-person singular simple present surbeds, present participle surbedding, simple past and past participle surbedded)

1. (transitive) To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
   • 1728, John Houghton, A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade (page 291)

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

   • 1836, Gilbert White, The natural history of Selborne (page 9)

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

   • 1997, Derek Lovejoy Partnership, Spon's landscape handbook (page 165)

     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.

Anagrams

• rebuds, redubs