ceil
Americanverb (used with object)
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to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
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to provide with a ceiling.
verb
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to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc
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to provide with a ceiling
Etymology
Origin of ceil
1400–50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?
Example Sentences
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The primitive stone-roofed oratory is supposed to have been a hermit's ceil.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Cain, a man's name. call, to name. ceil, to line the top of caul, a kind of net-work. seal, a sea animal.
From McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book by McGuffey, William Holmes
He piled them together in the centre of his ceil, and then hastened to barricade the second door he had attempted to force.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
Dame, v�istes unkes hume nul de desuz ceil Tant ben s�ist esp�e no la corone el chef!
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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