Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sile

Sile , transitive verb

[Akin to Swedish sila to strain, sil sieve, German sielen to draw away or lead off water. r151a. See Silt.]

To strain, as fresh milk. [Provincial English]

Sile , intransitive verb

To drop; to flow; to fall. [Provincial English]

Sile , noun

1.
A sieve with fine meshes. [Provincial English]
2.
Filth; sediment. [Provincial English] — Halliwell

Sile , noun

[Icelandic sīld herring; akin to Swedish sill, Danish sild. Compare Sill the young of a herring.]

(Zoology) A young or small herring. [English] — Pennant