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Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe..

Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.

Correption :: Correption (n.) Chiding; reproof; reproach.

Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type..

Triforium :: Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows..

Confront :: Confront (v. t.) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing..

Proof :: Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof..

Gable :: Gable (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like..

Barrack :: Barrack (n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc..

Underproof :: Underproof (a.) Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit..

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors..

Impluvium :: Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm..

Demonstrance :: Demonstrance (n.) Demonstration; proof.

Pentroof :: Pentroof (n.) See Lean-to.

Pendice :: Pendice (n.) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.

Loggia :: Loggia (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room..

Roofing :: Roofing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roo.

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..

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