Celebration

[Lat. celeb ratio; Fr. célébration.] Act of celebrating; solemn performance; as, the celebra tion of a birth-day. alayan Cedar ( C. deodara ), is also a magnificent tree, and is held in great veneration by the Hindoos. The turpentine obtained from this species is much used in India for medical purposes, and is known by the name of Kelon - ke -tel. Ce'dry, a . Po e ing the properties or color of cedar. Cefalu, a walled sea-port town of Sicily, prov. Palermo, on the Tyrrhenean Sea, 40 m. E.S.E. of Palermo: Lat. 38° N., Lon. 14° 13' 57" E. Port small, and trade inconsiderable. Pop . 12,301. Cehejin, (anc. Segisa ), a town of Spain, prov. Murcia, on the Caravaca, 40 m. W.N W. of Murcia. Manf . Paper, linens, sandals, . Pop . 9,581. Ceil, (sēl,) v. a. [Fr. ciel, the sky, a canopy; Sp. ciélo; It. cielo , from Lat. cœlum , the heavens, a vault, covering, the interior surface of a vault; akin to Gr. koilos , hollow.] To overlay or cover the inner roof of a building; to cover the top, or roof, of a room. Ceiling, (sēl'ing,) n. [From CEIL.] ( Arch .) The under covering of a roof below the surface of the vaulting in vaulted rooms and buildings; the upper side of an apartment, opposite to the floor, generally finished with plastered work. In executing C., the best mode is to nail the laths to ceiling-joists or to brackets, and to add the work in a series of coats composed of lime and hair, putty or plaster, technically called gauged stuff ; common C. are executed with plaster without hair, the same as the finishing coat in walls left for paper. ( Ship - building .) The inner planks of a ship. Celakov's ky, FRANTISEK LADISLAW, a Bohemian poet and philologist; B. 1799; D. at Prague, 1852. Celandine, n. ( Bot . ) See CHELIDONIUM. Cela'no, a town of S. Italy, prov. Aquila, cap. canton, near the Lake Fucino, 20 m. S.S.E. of Aquila. Manuf . Paper.