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Webster 1913 Edition


Roofing

Roof′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of covering with a roof.
2.
The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
Gwilt.
3.
Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter.
“Fit roofing gave.”
Southey.
4.
(Mining)
The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.
Raymond.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roofing

ROOF'ING

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ppr.
Covering with a roof.

ROOF'ING

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Noun.
The materials of which a roof is composed; or materials for a roof.