Word Finder - sills

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(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

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A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.

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A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.

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

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A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.

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the nasal sill

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The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.

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A young herring.

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The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Volcanic rocks, locally called "Toadstone," are represented in the limestones by intrusive sills and flows of dolerite and by necks of agglomerate, notably near Tideswell, Millersdale and Matlock.

A few hornblendeschists are metamorphosed gabbros; others have developed from dikes or sills of lamprophyre.

The chief portion of this rig is the derrick, Oil which consists of four strong uprights or legs held in Derrick position by ties and braces, and resting on strong wooden sills, which are preferred, as a foundation, to masonry.

The samson-post, which supports the walking beam, and the jack-posts, are dove-tailed and keyed into the sills.

Many vitreous rocks show alteration of this type in certain parts where either the glass has been of unstable nature or where agencies of change such as percolating water have had easiest access (as along joints, perlitic cracks and the margins of dikes and sills).

They are dark blue-grey, fine grained and durable, and are much used for flagging and kerbing and for sills, caps and steps.

Immense -sheets of dolerite, gabbro, or allied basic rocks indicate eruptive materials intruded as sills or poured out as lavas contemporaneously with the sedimentary formations among which they lie.

In the south of the island there are sills and dykes of felsite, quartz-porphyry, rhyolite, trachyte and pitchstone.

The best example of the basic sills forms the Clauchland Hills and runs out to sea at Clauchland Point.

The most conspicuous member of the Mesozoic group is the sheet of diabase and dolerite, made up of laccolites and sills, which covers most of the central plateau of Tasmania.

The sills of the glazing are low, enabling people sitting on sofas or chairs to enjoy uninterrupted views of the surrounding cityscape.

Julian Sills - suffered a gash just above his left eye on Saturday.

A series of shallow basins connected to the sea by shallow, sometimes intertidal, sills.

The best place to start is to replace the sills.

The next job was to replace the outer sills and repair the inner sills.

The concrete sills will then be cast with the gates in-situ to ensure a good seal.

The window sills of the cook house are still there in the wall across the lane, left.

We can offer designs for sills, flashing, soffits, column covers or any similar area of work.

Features include travertine tiled flooring and slate window sills.

Existing stone windowsills in good condition should not be replaced with slim line concrete sills.

No yard! but unfenced nature reaching up to your very sills.

The new rear wings, wheel arches and sills were then welded on.

Battery operated candles on window sills are extremely popular at Christmas time, but these candles can be used anywhere in the house you want a warm glow.

Beverly Sills - Opera singer; passed away July 2 at age 78 from lung cancer.

With the trim removed, locate the fastener screws or nails along the top and bottom sills that hold the window in place.