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sill
sill, 1
1. A horizontal timber, at the bottom of the frame of a wood structure, which rests on the foundation.
2. A doorsill.
3. The horizontal bottom member of a window frame or other frame.
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When on the top of this I am able to show that the blood mark on the windowsill was deliberately placed there by Barker, in order to give a false clue to the police, you will admit that the case grows dark against him.
The Valley of Fear by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He sat motionless on the windowsill, his head cocked to the side, with one unwavering eye regarding on the floor, so perilously near, the eternal enemy of all his kind.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Seated on a chair against the window, with her arm on the windowsill she was looking blankly at the flowing river, swift with the backward-rushing tide, struggling to see still the sweet face in its unreproaching sadness, that seemed now from moment to moment to sink away and be hidden behind a form that thrust itself between, and made darkness.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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