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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sile
 [Silenus]      酒神巴克斯的養父

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sile v. t.  To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sile, v. i. To drop; to flow; to fall. [Prov. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sile, n.
 1. A sieve with fine meshes. [Prov. Eng.]
 2. Filth; sediment. [Prov. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sile, n.  Zool. A young or small herring. [Eng.]
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Syle n.  Zool. A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]
 But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle,
 And when they're grown, why then we call them herring.   --J. Ingelow.
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