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Sile

//saɪl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Sheila. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A column; pillar. dialectal
  2. 2
    A sieve.
  3. 3
    A young herring.
  4. 4
    A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building. dialectal
  5. 5
    A strainer or colander for liquids
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  1. 6
    The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base. dialectal
  2. 7
    That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
  3. 8
    A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair. dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter. UK, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink. UK, dialectal, intransitive
  3. 3
    To settle down; calm or compose oneself. UK, dialectal, intransitive
  4. 4
    To go; pass. UK, dialectal, intransitive
  5. 5
    To boil gently; simmer. UK, dialectal, intransitive
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  1. 6
    To pour with rain. Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive

    "Th' rain had siled daan day and neet."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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”).

Etymology 4

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”).

Etymology 5

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.

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