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Ceil

//siːl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ceiling. poetic

    "[…] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]"

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of ceiling. abbreviation, alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. transitive

    "It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled."

  2. 2
    To set a higher bound.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

Etymology 3

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

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