sill

[sill]

Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

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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.

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structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

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(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock

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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.

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The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.

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The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.

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The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.

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A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

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The shaft or thill of a carriage.

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A young herring.

Sill

Sill , n. [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.] 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

Sill, n. [Cf. Thill.] The shaft or thill of a carriage. [Prov. Eng.]

Sill

Sill, n. [Cf. 4th Sile.] A young herring. [Eng.]

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.

The shaft or thill of a carriage.

A young herring.

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