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Bed: The area surrounding the lane, including the approach, the pit, and the gutters.

Lower (Bed): In a cruise stateroom, the bed(s) on the floor as opposed to the higher bunks (uppers), if any. On many ships, two lowers can be arranged to make a king or queen bed but not always. Be sure to ask.

Topset Bed: A horizontal sedimentary bed formed at the top of a delta and overlying the foreset beds.

Embed: When adding an element from one document to another document. Example: A sound file is created in one document, then it is embedded in an HTML document for publication to the Web.

Forset Bed: One of the inclined beds found in crossbedding: also an inclined bed deposited on the outer front of a delta.

Murphy Bed: A bed that folds or swings into a closet or cabinet when not in use. Where offered in cruise accommodations, a murphy bed is typically used for the third or fourth occupants of the stateroom.

Nailbed: The tissue under the nail: pinching the nail and observing the blood return to the nailbed is a good test of circulation at that location

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