name
Meaning 1
Alternative spelling of Sheila.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Standard Lemma guide
Sile
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/saɪl/
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rhymes with -aɪl
noun
Meaning 2
A column; pillar.
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Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
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Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
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noun
Meaning 5
A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
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Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 6
A sieve.
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noun
Meaning 7
A strainer or colander for liquids
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noun
Meaning 8
That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
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noun
Meaning 9
A young herring.
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verb
Meaning 10
To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To go; pass.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To boil gently; simmer.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To pour with rain.
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Usage: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
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.