Sur‐bed″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Surbedded; p. pr. & vb. n.Surbedding.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
It... has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. Gilbert White.