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Webster 1913 Edition

Hotbed

Hot′bedˊ

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Noun.
1.
(Gardening)
A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
2.
A place which favors rapid growth or development;
as, a
hotbed
of sedition
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hotbed

HOT'BED

,
Noun.
In gardening, a bed of earth and horsedung or tanner's bark, covered with glass to defend it form the cold air, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotic plants of warm climates, which will not thrive in cool or temperate air.

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