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Ceiling   /sˈilɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Ceiling  n.  
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
(b)
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
2.
(Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.


verb
Ceil  v. t.  (past & past part. ceiled; pres. part. ceiling)  
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.
To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.





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"Ceiling" Quotes from Famous Books



... gentlemen from perishing, playing her game so well, and inventing such fine stories, that his Majesty little guessed how much she aided him in securing the happiness of his subjects. The fact is, she has such a hold over him that she could have made him believe the floor was the ceiling, which was perhaps easier for him to think than anyone else seeing that at the Rue d'Hirundelle my lord king passed the greater portion of his time embracing her always as though he would see if such a lovely article would wear away: but he wore himself out first, ...
— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac
... in gilt letters as "Whisky," "Brandy" and "Rum." To add to the effect, between the decanters were ranged glass jars of striped peppermint and winter-green candies, while a few lemons suggested pleasing possibilities of a hot sling, spiced rum flip or Tom and Jerry. The ceiling of this dining-room was blackened somewhat and the huge beams overhead gave an idea of the substantial character of the construction of the place. That fuel was plentiful, appeared in evidence in the open fireplace where were burning two great logs, while piled ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham
... accompanied by the roarings of the two lions of gold. With his two companions Liutprand was compelled to bow and to fall prostrate; and thrice to touch the ground with his forehead. He arose, but in the short interval, the throne had been hoisted from the floor to the ceiling, the Imperial figure appeared in new and more gorgeous apparel, and the interview was concluded in haughty and majestic silence. In this honest and curious narrative, the Bishop of Cremona represents the ceremonies of the Byzantine court, which are still ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 5 • Edward Gibbon
... rather kennel, appropriated to the lodging of the muleteer, was a triangular garret already described, formed by the ceiling of the upper story and the roof of the house, which rose in an obtuse angle above it. Its greatest elevation was about six feet, and that only in the centre, whence the tiles slanted downwards on either side to the beams by which the floor was supported. The entrance was by a step-ladder, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 • Various
... the ceiling slowly; perhaps it was coincidence that they rested on the place on the mantelshelf where ...
— The Second Honeymoon • Ruby M. Ayres


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