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ceil
/siːl/
verb 2noun 2
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2ADJ.
above
CEIL + NOUN
sky
Definitions
verb
1
To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled.
noun
1
A ceiling.
[…] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]
2
Abbreviation of ceiling.
verb
1
To set a higher bound.
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It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled.
Wiktionary02
[…] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]
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