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ceiled, cieled, ppl. a.|siːld|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
†1. Having the interior (roof or walls) overlaid or lined with wood, etc.; wainscoted. Obs. exc. Naut.; see ceil v. 4.
1539Bible (Taverner) Haggai i. 4 Ye your selues can fynd tyme to dwell in syled houses. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr (1867) 179 Walles, Som seeld, some hangd. a1617Hieron Wks. I. 640 The..large chambers, sieled with ceder, and painted with vermilion. 1611Bible Haggai i. 4 Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled [1633 cieled] houses? 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. ii. (1856) 20 The entire interior was lined, ceiled, with cork.
2. Having the roof covered or plastered internally, so as to conceal the rafters, etc.; provided with a ceiling.
1872B. Harte Prose & P. I. 159 The dark platform, which led to another low-ceiled room. 1872Daily News 3 Oct. 5 The kitchen is a ceiled, papered, and carpeted room.
3. transf. and fig. Covered, overlaid; studded.
c1430Lydg. Bochas vii. v. (1554) 169 a, With plate of gold cyled, yt shone full shene. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas (1608) 232 The arches starry seeld, Where th' all-creator hath disposed well The Sun and Moon. |