Jill vs. Sill

Jillverb

To masturbate.

Jillnoun

A female ferret.

Jillnoun

A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill.

Jill

Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian.

Sillnoun

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

Sillnoun

(construction) 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.

Sillnoun

(geology) A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.

Sillnoun

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

Sillnoun

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

Sillnoun

The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.

Sillnoun

(UK) A young herring.

Sillnoun

The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Sillnoun

The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.

Sillnoun

The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Sillnoun

A young herring.

Sillnoun

structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

Sillnoun

(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock