sile

British  

/ saɪl /

verb

1. dialect (tr) to pour with rain

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Etymology

Origin of sile

probably from Old Norse; compare Swedish and Norwegian dialect sila to pass through a strainer

Example Sentences

Washington may have been unduly suspicious about the mis sile issue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Offshore stood the helicopter carrier Jwo Jitna and the attack-transport Talladega, each carrying additional marines, plus two destroyers and the mis sile light cruiser Galvston, whose six-inch guns provided heavy artillery support.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poseidon may carry as many as ten separately targetable warheads, and Minuteman perhaps three, along with decoy chaff and penetration devices to fool enemy anti-ballistic mis sile systems.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Thar ain’t much to be helped, yit, but soon’s I git Bob ploughin’, you’se kin go over the sile and pick out any big stones that might turn up.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

Whare thare iz grate virtue, thare must hav bin grate vices, or else a very poor sile, that raizes nothing but what haz bin planted, and well tended and manured at that.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.