sile

Meanings

Plural: siles

Noun

A column; pillar.
A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
A sieve.
A strainer or colander for liquids
That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
A young herring.

Verb

To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
To go; pass.
To boil gently; simmer.
To pour with rain.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Scrabble Score: 4

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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