| Roof (roof) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Roof |
| [OE. rof, AS.
hr(?)f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel.
hr(?)f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS.
hr(?)st roof, Goth. hr(?)t. Cf. Roost.] |
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.
That which resembles, or corresponds to,
the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a
cavern; the roof of the mouth.
The surface or bed of rock
immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
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| Roof (roof) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Roof |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Roofed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Roofing.] |
To cover with a
roof.
To inclose in a house] figuratively, to
shelter.
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