Sile
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A column; pillar. dialectal
- 2 A sieve.
- 3 A young herring.
- 4 A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building. dialectal
- 5 A strainer or colander for liquids
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- 6 The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base. dialectal
- 7 That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- 8 A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair. dialectal
- 1 To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter. UK, dialectal, transitive
- 2 To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 3 To settle down; calm or compose oneself. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 4 To go; pass. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 5 To boil gently; simmer. UK, dialectal, intransitive
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- 6 To pour with rain. Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive
"Th' rain had siled daan day and neet."
- 1 Alternative spelling of Sheila. alt-of, alternative
Synonyms
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More examples"Th' rain had siled daan day and neet."
Etymology
From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.
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”).
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”).
From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.