sile
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sile \Sile\, n.
1.A sieve with fine meshes. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
2.Filth; sediment. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Sile \Sile\, n. [Icel. s[imac]ld herring; akin to Sw. sill, Dan. sild. Cf. Sill the young of a herring.] (Zool.) A young or small herring. [Eng.] --Pennant. [1913 Webster]
Sile \Sile\, v. t. [Akin to Sw. sila to strain, sil sieve, G. sielen to draw away or lead off water. [root]151a. See Silt.] To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Sile \Sile\, v. i. To drop; to flow; to fall. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Syle \Syle\, n. [See Sile a young herring.] (Zool.) A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.] [1913 Webster]
But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. --J. Ingelow. [1913 Webster]