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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 108 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SILL (O.Eng. syl, See also:Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and See also:Dan. syld, and in See also:German, as Schwelle; See also:Skeat refers to the See also:Teutonic See also:root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a See also:beam at a See also:threshold; the L  at. solea, from which comes Fr. seuil, gives Eng . " See also:sole," also sometimes used for " See also:sill "), the See also:horizontal See also:base of a See also:door or window-See also:frame . A technical distinction is made between the inner or wooden base of the window-frame and the See also:stone base on which it rests—the latter being called the sill of the window, and the former that of its frame . This See also:term is not restricted to the bases of apertures; the See also:lower horizontal See also:part of a framed See also:partition is called its sill .

End of Article: SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
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EDWARD ROWLAND SILL (1841-1887)

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