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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ceil  \Ceil\  (s[=e]l),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ceiled}  (s[=e]ld);  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Ceiling}.]  [From  an  older  noun  fr  F.  ciel 
  heaven,  canopy,  fr  L.  caelum  heaven,  vault,  arch,  covering; 
  cf  Gr  koi^los  hollow.] 
  1.  To  overlay  or  cover  the  inner  side  of  the  roof  of  to 
  furnish  with  a  ceiling;  as  to  ceil  a  room 
 
  The  greater  house  he  ceiled  with  fir  tree.  --2 
  Chron.  iii.  5 
 
  2.  To  line  or  finish  a  surface,  as  of  a  wall,  with  plaster, 
  stucco,  thin  boards,  or  the  like 

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