<OL TYPE="1"><LI>clay, potter's earth<LI>anything made of clay, earthen ware<LI>a roofing tile<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the roof itself<LI>the phrase "through the roof", means through the door in the roof to which a ladder or stairway led up from the street (according to the Rabbis distinguish two ways of entering a house, "the way through the door" and "the way through the roof"</OL></OL>