Word Meanings - CEIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: CEIL

heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. 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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• CHRONOGRAMMATIC; CHRONOGRAMMATICAL
  Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
• CHRONOGRAPHY
  A description or record of past time; history. Bp. Hall.
• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• CHRONOMETRY
  The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• INNERVATION
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• SURFACE LOADING
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• FINISHER
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• COVERLET
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• VAULTING
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• OVERLAY
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• HOUSEWIFE
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• CHRONIC
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• INNERLY
  More within. Baret.
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• CHRONOLOGIST; CHRONOLOGER
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• WAREHOUSE
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