Sill

·noun A young herring.

II. Sill ·noun The shaft or thill of a carriage.

III. Sill ·noun The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.

IV. Sill ·noun The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.

V. Sill ·noun A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

VI. Sill ·noun The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.

VII. Sill ·noun The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.