Definitions of sile:
- noun: (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- noun: (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- noun: (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- noun: (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- verb: (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- verb: (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
- verb: (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- verb: (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
- verb: (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- verb: (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
- noun: A sieve.
- noun: A strainer or colander for liquids
- noun: That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- noun: A young herring.
- noun: Alternative spelling of Sheila [A female given name from Irish.]
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