Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roofing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a
roof. --Gwilt.

3. Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. ``Fit
roofing gave.'' --Southey.

4. (Mining) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the
top of an underground passage. --Raymond.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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