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syle |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syle \Syle\, n. [See {Sile} a young herring.] (Zo["o]l.) A young herring ({Clupea harengus}). [Also written {sile}.] But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. --J. Ingelow
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