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sill

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1. sill - Noun

2. sill - Adjective

3. Sill - Proper noun

Meaning

A young herring.

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

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

The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.

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

The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Take me. I'm an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who's gonna love you when you're looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill. Paul Simon

What are you up to now?" "I'm sill crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it. Ray Bradbury

You got a million drug laws now because the bosses figured there was more money in putting people in jail than taxing something anyone can grow on a window sill. Lenny Bruce

As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found insideReal intestines, real lungs, a beating heart and blood. A lot of hot, sticky blood. Chuck Palahniuk

When the door is closed, you must learn to slide across the crack of the sill. Yoruba Proverb

Half a nuch is half sill. Scottish Proverb

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