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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..

Cove :: Cove (n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight..

Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) 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..

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome..

Chandelier :: Chandelier (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc..

Grout :: Grout (n.) A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt..

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..

Punka :: Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord..

Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

Ceiling :: Ceiling (v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.

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

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

Loft :: Loft (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

Lacunar :: Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..

Wagon-headed :: Wagon-headed (a.) Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling..

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