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Webster 1913 Edition

(sēl)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Ceiled

(sēld)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Ceiling

[From an older noun, fr. F.

ciel

heaven, canopy, fr. L.

caelum

heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr.

κοῖλοσ

hollow.]

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

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

Verb.

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

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-tree. 2 Chron. 3.