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Definition of Sills

Sill
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 Sill, n. [Cf. Thill.] The shaft or thill of a carriage. [Prov. Eng.]
Sill
Sill Sill, n. [Cf. 4th Sile.] A young herring. [Eng.]

Meaning of Sills from wikipedia

- up sill or sills in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sill may refer to: Sill (dock), a weir at the low water mark retaining water within a dock Sill (geology)...
- "Beverly Sills" if she won the contest (although she did not ultimately win). Sills sang "Romany Life" from Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller. Sills made...
- window sill or window-sill, and less frequently in British English, cill) is the horizontal structure or surface at the bottom of a window. Window sills serve...
- foundation or in the ground and the sills fit between the posts and are called interrupted sills. In modern wood construction, sills usually come in sizes of 2×4...
- Josh Jobe. Sills pla**** in only one game as a rookie, appearing on several special teams snaps in w**** five against the Arizona Cardinals. Sills was placed...
- metamorphic rock. A sill is a concordant intrusive sheet, meaning that it does not cut across preexisting rock beds. Stacking of sills builds a sill complex and...
- "Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film". Darien Sills-Evans also appears in the film in the role of Charles King. In 2010, Sills-Evans directed the short film, "Dream...
- openings that rise upward near the outer shelf, thereby creating sills. Aquatic sills can influence water circulation by restricting the movement of bottom...
- The Spartel or Espartel Sill is one of the sills separating the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. This threshold is the second shallowest seafloor...
- Irvin Sills (born December 5, 1955) is an American professional golfer who pla**** on the PGA Tour and later became a golf teaching professional. Sills, who...