sil

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sil, silis, n.,

a kind of yellowish earth , yellow ochre , Plin. 33, 12, 56, § 158; Vitr. 7, 11; Veg. 5, 26; 5, 39; 6, 28 fin. ; Aus. Idyll. 12, Gram. 8.