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Webster 1913 Edition
Roof
Roof
,Noun.
[OE.
rof
, AS. hr[GREEK]f
top, roof; akin to D. roef
cabin, Icel. hr[GREEK]f
a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr[GREEK]st
roof, Goth. hr[GREEK]t
. Cf. Roost
.] 1.
(Arch.)
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. 2.
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 flowery
Showered roses, which the morn repaired.
roof
Showered roses, which the morn repaired.
Milton.
3.
(Mining.)
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Bell roof
, French roof
Flat roof
. (Arch.)
(a)
A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings
. (b)
A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination.
– Roof plate
. (Arch.)
See , 10.
Plate
, Noun.
Roof
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roofed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Roofing
.] 1.
To cover with a roof.
I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been
roofed
with vaults or arches. Addison.
2.
To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
Here had we now our country’s honor
roofed
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Roof
ROOF
, n.1.
The cover or upper part of a house or other building, consisting of rafters covered with boards, shingles or tiles, with a side or sides sloping from the ridge, for the purpose of carrying off the water that falls in rain or snow. In Asia, the roofs of houses are flat or horizontal. The same name, roof, is given to the sloping covers of huts, cabins and ricks; to the arches of ovens, furnaces, &c.2.
A vault; an arch; or the interior of a vault; as the roof of heaven.3.
The vault of the mouth; the upper part of the mouth; the palate.If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Ps. 137.
ROOF
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cover with a roof.I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings, that have not been roofed with vaults or arches.
2.
To inclose in a house; to shelter.Here had we now our country's honor roof'd.