ceiled
Example Sentences
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From a wall, one group draped a biblical quotation: "Is it time for you, O Ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste?"
From Time Magazine Archive
She had lots ob log cabin quarters, whut had de cracks daubed wid mud, an' den ceiled wid boards.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
The house was ceiled instead of plastered, and was plainly but comfortably furnished.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
The great halls of the Ducal Palace at Venice and the galleries of the Pitti Palace at Florence were ceiled in this way.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
