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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Seke-bed,) Seek-bed, n. [e.m.E. sick bed (1662), late ME seke-bed (c1425); Sek(e adj. and Bed n.] A bed in which a person lies ill. —1651 Melville Corr. 233.
He was … witnise to all that was done about my lord his seek bed
