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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ceiled p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling. ] [ From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. koi^los hollow. ] 1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5 [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cell, v. t. ] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camp ceiling. See under Camp. --
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a lip + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Chilopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. corbeille, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. Corbel, Corb, Corvette. ] 1. (Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Fort.) Small gabions. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Devil; -- spelt also deel. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Deil's buckie. See under Buckie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Eld. ] Age. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil. ] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metal.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover, as with a veil. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Geol.) A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a lower than normal ceiling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖a. m. ‖a. f. }[ F. ] Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marseillaise hymn, or
The Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. m. ‖ n. f. }[ F. ] A native or inhabitant of Marseilles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nonpareil, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. nonpareille. ] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted bunting and painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. (Cookery) A small sphere, less than 1 mm diamter, of colored sugar, used to decorate confections; -- usually used in the plural as though the name of a substance; as, sprinkled with nonpareils. [ PJC ]

5. pl. A type of candy chocolate consisting of a small flat disk of chocolate, less than one inch diameter, having nonpareils{ 4 } sprinkled on the top; as, she ate a box of nonpareils at the movie. [ PJC ]

a. [ F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer. ] Having no equal; peerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. oeils-de-boeuf /plu>. [ F., lit., eye of an ox. ] (Arch.) A circular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖a. [ F., lit., eye of a partridge. ] 1. (Ornamental Art) Characterized by, or decorated with, small round points, spots, or rings; as, oeil-de-perdrix pattern. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Having a brownish red color; -- used esp. of light-colored red wine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. oeillade, fr. oeel eye. See Eyelent. ] A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Archil. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To veil or cover. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine. “Thou must reillume its spark.” J. R. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enlighten again; to reillumine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of enlightening again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To illumine again or anew; to reillume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réveil, fr. réveiller to awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake, watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken by mistake from the French imper. réveillez, 2d pers. pl. See Vigil. ] (Mil.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. “Sound a reveille.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

For at dawning to assail ye
Here no bugles sound reveille. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Sheeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Slumber; sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-, and Vigil. ] Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision. [ 1913 Webster ]

That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have accused the old. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Surveillants [ F., fr. surveiller to watch over. See Surveillance. ] One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overseeing; watchful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. teil, til, L. tilia. ] (Bot.) The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. treillage. See Trellis. ] Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To remove a veil; to reveal one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + veil. ] To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who removes a veil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. Reveal. ] [ Written also vail. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. [ 1913 Webster ]

She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I will ] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) Same as Velum, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take the veil (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Veiled p. pr. & vb. n. Veiling. ] [ Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See Veil, n. ] [ Written also vail. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

To keep your great pretenses veiled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. “Words used to convey a veiled meaning.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photog.) A fogged plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no veil. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., vermilion, fr. LL. vermiculus, fr. L. vermiculus a little worm, the coccus Indicus, from vermis a worm. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule. ] 1. Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. [ Poetic & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In her cheeks the vermeill red did show
Like roses in a bed of lilies shed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) An acute infectious febrile disease, resembling typhoid fever, with muscular pains, disturbance of the digestive organs, jaundice, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]