ceil

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The wall papers mostly used come in grounds of cream, amber, rose, pale olive, fawn, ceil blue and light gray, with designs and traceries of contrasting hues.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Signor Trevisiani, the barytone from Florence, sings something very depressing, with the refrain,-- 'Maladetto sulla terra, Condannato nel ceil sard.'

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

The primitive stone-roofed oratory is supposed to have been a hermit's ceil.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

He butts the wall o' mornings, He rams the ceil at night.

From The Autobiography of Methuselah by Bangs, John Kendrick