sill
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(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
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A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
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A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
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A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
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A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
โthe nasal sillโ
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The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
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A young herring.
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The shaft or thill of a carriage.
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