sile
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A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
1888, John Hartley, ''Clock Almanack'', page 14, quoted in the ''EDD'':
- Th' rain had siled daan day and neet.
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A sieve.
That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
A young herring.
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