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Definition of Sills
1. Noun. United States operatic soprano (born in 1929).
Definition of Sills
1. Noun. (plural of sill) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sills
1. sill [n] - See also: sill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sills
Literary usage of Sills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"See Bib J replacement of rotted sills. Simple forms of sill often suffice.
A з-post sill oí timber is common for ю by ю posts, which have flat bottoms and ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1911)
"The structure upon which the car depends is the rectangular frame work of the
longitudinal sills, and the end sills, body bolster and center cross-tie ..."
3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1909)
"sills.—In the construction of a car the first part that is put together is the
under framing. This is true of any sort of car, flat, gondola, box or special ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... An important question of fact In the case was whether the scaffold was on a
level with the bottom sills of the dormer windows in the roof or higher up. ..."
5. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"Effects of the Closing of a Volcanic Chimney—sills and Dykes. ... Hence arise
intrusive sheets or sills and dykes or veins (see p. 287). ..."
6. Practical Tunnelling: Explaining in Detail the Setting Out of the Works by Frederick Walter Simms (1844)
"The under side of the sills were placed three feet above the top of the intended
brickwork of the arch, that the miners might have plenty of room for their ..."
7. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"sills. Where the sills rest on brick or stone walls, and the cellar-openings are
narrow, a 6 by 6-inch sill answers very well; but if the sills rest on ..."
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