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Sile

name
/saɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian søyle (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”).

  1. inherited from *ḱsewl-✻
  2. inherited from *sūliz✻
  3. inherited from *sūli✻
  4. inherited from sȳl
  5. inherited from syle

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of Sheila.

  2. A column

    A column; pillar.

  3. A beam

    A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter

      The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.

    2. A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

    3. To strain, as milk

      To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.

    4. To flow down

      To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.

    5. To settle down

      To settle down; calm or compose oneself.

    6. To go

      To go; pass.

    7. To boil gently

      To boil gently; simmer.

    8. To pour with rain.

      • Th' rain had siled daan day and neet.
      • ... ya know what a wet un last year was, and how the rain siled down for days and days.

    9. A sieve.

    10. A strainer or colander for liquids

    11. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings

      That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

    12. A young herring.

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Derived

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA