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To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5

The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp. -- Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.

A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See Lock.…

A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]

light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. -- camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. -- Camp chair, a light c…

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

y; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

amp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

k glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.