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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 899 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BED
BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed or See also:

COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch slung from each end . The word is said to have been derived from the hamack See also:

tree, the bark of which was used by the aboriginal natives of See also:

Brazil to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the nets, suspended from trees, in which they slept . The hammock may be of See also:

MATTING

matting, skin or textiles, lined with cushions or filled with bedding . It is much used in hot climates .

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