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Garret :: Garret (n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic..

Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..

Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof..

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Upher :: Upher (n.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split..

Reprehensive :: Reprehensive (a.) Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.

Loft :: Loft (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.

Turret :: Turret (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.

Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof..

Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.

Patch :: Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc..

Reprefe :: Reprefe (n.) Reproof.

Roofy :: Roofy (a.) Having roofs.

Piazza :: Piazza (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers..

Deck :: Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house..

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

Overhead :: Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..

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