ceil
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With this he caught hold of one of the thin boards used by the "river-traders" to ceil the room, and, with a powerful wrench, tore it off.
From Raftmates A Story of the Great River by Munroe, Kirk
Signor Trevisiani, the barytone from Florence, sings something very depressing, with the refrain,-- 'Maladetto sulla terra, Condannato nel ceil sard.'
From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip
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
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
He butts the wall o' mornings, He rams the ceil at night.
From The Autobiography of Methuselah by Bangs, John Kendrick
