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Definition sile
Etymology 1
From Middle English syle, from Old English s?l (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-Germanic *s?liz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *?sewl-, *?swel- (“log”), from *?sew-, *?es- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian sul (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic ????? (sauls, “pillar”).
Noun
sile (plural siles)
- (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
Etymology 2
From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) + -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).
Verb
sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To go; pass.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
Noun
sile (plural siles)
- A sieve.
- A strainer or colander for liquids
- That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
Etymology 3
From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *s?l?, *s?l? (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.
Noun
sile (plural siles)
- A young herring.
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