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Ceil [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To overlay or cover the inner roof of a building; or to cover the top or roof of a room.

2. And the greater house he ceiled with fir-tree. 2 Chronicles 3:1 .

Ceil [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.

2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Ceiled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Overlaid with timber, or with plastering.

Ceiled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ceiling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The covering which overlays the inner roof of a building, or the timbers which form the top of a room. This covering may be of boards, or of lath and plastering. Hence ceiling is used for the upper part of a room.

2. In ship building, the inside planks of a ship.

Ceiling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covering the top of a room or building.

Ceiling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ceiling [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.

2. The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

3. The inner planking of a vessel.