siling

Verb

sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)

1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To go; pass.
5. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To boil gently; simmer.
6. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To pour with rain.
   • Th' rain had siled daan day and neet.1888, John Hartley, Clock Almanack, page 14, quoted in the EDD

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