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ceil

  [seel]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
2. to provide with a ceiling.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME celen to cover, to panel < ?
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ceil   (sēl)   
tr.v.   ceiled, ceil·ing, ceils

  1. To provide or cover with a ceiling.

  2. Nautical To provide (a ship) with interior planking or lining.


[Middle English celen, probably from Old French *celer, from Latin caelāre, to carve, from caelum, chisel; see Caelum.]
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