Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- To flow down; drop; fall; sink.
- To settle down; compose or calm one's self.
- To pass; go.
- To boil gently; simmer.
- noun Same as
sill . - noun A sieve.
- noun A strainer or colander for liquids.
- noun That which is sifted or strained; hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- noun A dialectal variant of
soil . - noun A young herring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Prov. Eng. To strain, as fresh milk.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To drop; to flow; to fall.
- noun Prov. Eng. A sieve with fine meshes.
- noun Prov. Eng. Filth; sediment.
- noun (Zoöl.), engraving A young or small herring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
column ;pillar . - noun A
beam ;rafter ; one of the principal rafters of a building. - noun The foot or lower part of a
couple or rafter. - noun A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- noun A young
herring . - verb transitive To
strain , as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar;filter . - verb intransitive To
flow down;drip ;drop ;fall ;sink . - verb intransitive To
settle down ;calm orcompose oneself. - verb intransitive To
go ;pass . - verb intransitive To
boil gently;simmer . - verb intransitive, Northern England To
pour withrain . - noun A
sieve . - noun A
strainer orcolander for liquids; - noun That which is sifted or strained, hence,
settlings ;sediment ;filth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The mis'sile's hunter-pilot circuits were not intelligent enough to foresee that and change course while there was still time.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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Developerzy Nokii chyba zrozumieli, że obecnie o sile systemu decyduje ilość i różnorodność aplikacji dla niego dostępnych i postanowili rozejrzeć się po rynku aby uatrakcyjnić swoją ofertę.
Ovi Developers’ Challenge - konkurs dla pomysłowych GregKoval 2010
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Developerzy Nokii chyba zrozumieli, że obecnie o sile systemu decyduje ilość i różnorodność aplikacji dla niego dostępnych i postanowili rozejrzeć się po rynku aby uatrakcyjnić swoją ofertę.
Ovi Developers’ Challenge - konkurs dla pomysłowych GregKoval 2010
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And it was a message that was a heat-seeking mis- sile aimed at otherwise clear-thinking individuals who come from the most coddled, overprotected, information-drenched generation in American history.
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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And it was a message that was a heat-seeking mis- sile aimed at otherwise clear-thinking individuals who come from the most coddled, overprotected, information-drenched generation in American history.
OBAMA ZOMBIES Jason Mattera 2010
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Being also easily amused, I think of this action as playing the sile-phone.
Word Fugitives 2008
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May 3, 2010 at 3:05 am lettus nao paws fur a momint ob sile ins.
2 kapchur da cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Being also easily amused, I think of this action as playing the sile-phone.
Word Fugitives 2008
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These movies of Saturn and its satellites are sile ...
Photo of the Day: Candles in a Reflective Mood Edward Willett 2006
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These movies of Saturn and its satellites are sile ...
Archive 2006-06-18 Edward Willett 2006
fbharjo commented on the word sile
de-mist-tify
December 2, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word sile
(verb) - (1) In some old cookery books we are told to "soil milk before using it." This, at first sight, appears to be a curious direction. If, however, we use the correct modern orthography of the first word, we shall find that we are able to sile it--that is, to pass it through a fine sile, or sieve, in order that it shall be freed from hairs or other impurities. --Eliezer Edwards' Words, Facts, and Phrases, 1882 (2) To soil milk, to cleanse it. --John Ray's North Country Words, 1674 (3) To pour. He siled a gallon of ale down his throat. --Francis Grose's Provincial Glossary, 1787
January 27, 2018