Sill
[sɪl]
Definition
(noun.) structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
(noun.) (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock.
Inputed by Brenda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
(n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
(n.) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
(n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
(n.) The shaft or thill of a carriage.
(n.) A young herring.
Editor: Lois
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Lower piece of a frame (as of a door or a window).[2]. Ground-sill, ground-plate.
Edited by Julius
Definition
n. the timber or stone at the foot of a door or window: the lowest piece in a window-frame: (fort.) the inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure: the floor of a mine-passage also a miner's term for bed or stratum.
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Examples
- It is a thousand pities that we have not a reproduction of those which were done in chalk upon the window-sill. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his powerful magnifying lens. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Upon this wall a sill should be laid which had best be constructed of 2×10 inch plank. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mr. Guppy, noiselessly tapping on the window-sill, resumes his whispering in quite a light-comedy tone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Midway between the ends of the building a cross wall should be built, and on this a sill should be laid upon which to erect the partition which divides the silo into two compartments. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I had let myself go, and was hanging by the hands to the sill, when his blow fell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The clock struck the quarter after one, when I laid my hands on the window-sill of my own room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- By using four of these, lying one on top of another, the sill will be 8 inches thick. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He raises the sash, and they both rest on the window-sill, half in and half out of the room. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They both sat near the window, and both leaned their arms on the sill, and both inclined their heads towards the open lattice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For what seemed an eternity the great brute stood with its forepaws upon the sill, glaring into the little room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Grasping the sill I pulled myself up to a sitting posture without looking into the building, and gazed down at the baffled animal beneath me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I clambered out upon the sill, but I hesitated to jump until I should have heard what passed between my saviour and the ruffian who pursued me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Four old Michigan Central cars with rotten sills collapsed in the ditch and went all to pieces, distributing figs, raisins, dates, and candies all over the track and the vicinity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The plank of which the sills are constructed should be at least 8 inches wide; 10 would be better. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A little ingenuity will make the foundation and sills secure. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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