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Roofing   /rˈufɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Roofing  n.  
1.
The act of covering with a roof.
2.
The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
3.
Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. "Fit roofing gave."
4.
(Mining) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.





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"Roofing" Quotes from Famous Books



... styles of roofing their dwellings—either the old-fashioned gable roof, or the still older kind of "lean-to," the latter being nothing but a flat top, high at the front and running lower towards the back, in order that the rain water ...
— Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) - Letters from the Front • A. G. Hales
... in which the particles of mica are strewn. Specimens of such a rock sent to me from Halifax, and other masses from the quarries of Over Darwen in Lancashire, are here before you. With a hammer and chisel I can cleave them into flags; indeed these flags are employed for roofing purposes in the districts from which the specimens have come, and receive the name of 'slatestone.' But you will discern without a word from me, that this cleavage is not a crystalline cleavage any more than that of a hayrick is. ...
— Fragments of science, V. 1-2 • John Tyndall
... does this is not quite certain, but the action is thought to be due to heat and long, slow pressure, which will do wonderful things, as in the case of coal. This splitting is a great convenience for the people who want to use it for roofing and for blackboards. Blocks of slate are loosened by blasting, and are taken to ...
— Diggers in the Earth • Eva March Tappan
... light came through at the edges of the great roofing slabs, and showed us parts where was no flooring, and we must step from joist to joist: in the middle of one of these spaces rose a partition, with a door: through it I followed Mr. Raven into a small, obscure ...
— Lilith • George MacDonald
... Wall and Fireplace Tile Roofing Materials Lime Plaster and Mortar Ornamental Plasterwork House Furnishings Furniture Lighting Devices Fireplace Accessories Cooking Utensils and Accessories Table Accessories Knives, Forks, and Spoons Pottery and Porcelain Lead-glazed Earthenware English Sgraffito-ware (a slipware) ...
— New Discoveries at Jamestown - Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America • John L. Cotter


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