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sile

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Noun — (dialect) A column or pillar.

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Comes from Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl, meaning "column, pillar, support", from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz, meaning "beam, post, column, pillar", from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel-, meaning "log", from *ḱsew-, *ḱes-, meaning "to scratch, comb". It is cognate with Dutch zu...

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