surbedding

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.
   • Do they dip or lye in piano horizontis? Whether better surbedded, in work, or laid as they grew in the bed?1728, John Houghton, A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade, page 291