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ceiled |
1 definition found 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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