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- Ceiling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Ceil
- Ceiling - v. t. - The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
- Ceiling - v. t. - The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
- Ceiling - v. t. - The inner planking of a vessel.
- Joist - n. - A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a.
- Overhead - adv. - Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
- Cupola - n. - A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.
- String - n. - An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- Roof - n. - That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
- Sheathing - n. - The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
- Coffer - n. - A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
- Lacunar - n. - The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.
- Semidome - n. - A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
- Vault - n. - An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
- Loft - n. - The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
- Enrich - v. t. - To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
- Roof - n. - The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
- Calcimine - n. - A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.
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- H6763 צֵלָע - 6763 צֵלָע - צֵלָע - - tsêlâʻ - tsay-law' - or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from צָלַע; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring); beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber). - Noun Feminine - heb
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- 1 Kings 11 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
בָּנָה קִיר בַּיִת בַּיִת צֵלָע אֶרֶז קַרְקַע בַּיִת קִיר סִפֻּן צָפָה בַּיִת עֵץ צָפָה קַרְקַע בַּיִת צֵלָע בְּרוֹשׁ