Sile

Meanings

1. Alternative spelling of Sheila.

1. A column; pillar.
2. A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
3. The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
4. A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

1. To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. To go; pass.
5. To boil gently; simmer.
6. To pour with rain.

1. A sieve.
2. A strainer or colander for liquids
3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

1. A young herring.

Etymology

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.