ceil

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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

Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

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.

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