ceil
Example Sentences
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He piled them together in the centre of his ceil, and then hastened to barricade the second door he had attempted to force.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
He butts the wall o' mornings, He rams the ceil at night.
From The Autobiography of Methuselah by Bangs, John Kendrick
Cain, a man's name. call, to name. ceil, to line the top of caul, a kind of net-work. seal, a sea animal.
From McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book by McGuffey, William Holmes
The primitive stone-roofed oratory is supposed to have been a hermit's ceil.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
When he had come first to the Paymaster's that drooping ceil was just within the reach of his outstretched hand; now he could touch it with his brow.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
