SILLS

Sills, Beverly Sills, Belle Miriam Silverman

(noun) United States operatic soprano (born in 1929)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sills

plural of sill

Proper noun

Sills

plural of Sill

Source: Wiktionary


SILL

Sill, n. Etym: [OE. sille, sylle, AS. syl, syll; akin to G. schwelle, OHG. swelli, Icel. syll, svill, Sw. syll, Dan. syld, Goth. gasuljan to lay a foundation, to found.]

Definition: The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like. Hence: (a) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold. (b) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame. (c) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine. (d) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against. Sill course (Arch.), a horizontal course of stone, terra cotta, or the like, built into a wall at the level of one or more window sills, these sills often forming part of it.

Sill, n. Etym: [Cf. Thill.]

Definition: The shaft or thill of a carriage. [Prov. Eng.]

Sill, n. Etym: [Cf. 4th Sile.]

Definition: A young herring. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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