Sill
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Sill may refer to:
- Sill (geology)Sill (geology)In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. The term sill is synonymous with concordant intrusive sheet...
, a subhorizontal sheet intrusion of molten or solidified magma - Sill plateSill plateA sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. Sill plates are usually composed of lumber. It usually comes in sizes of 2×4, 2×6, 2×8, and 2×10. In the platform framing method the sill plate...
, a construction element - Window sill, a more specific construction element than above
- Automotive sill, also known as a rocker; see Glossary of automotive design#R
- Sill (river), an Austrian tributary
- Mount SillMount SillMount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of striking rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles east of North Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a...
, a California mountain - Sill (geostatistics)
- Sill, Swedish word for herringHerringHerring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies...
(the Norwegian and Danish equivalent is sild, the Icelandic is síld)
Name
- Sills Cummis & GrossSills Cummis & GrossSills Cummis & Gross P.C. is a full-service corporate law firm with offices in New Jersey and New York...
(formerly Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin, Tischman & Zuckerman), a U.S. corporate law firm - Beverly SillsBeverly SillsBeverly Sills was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. In her prime she was the only real rival to Joan Sutherland as the leading bel canto stylist...
(1929–2007), American operatic soprano - Douglas SillsDouglas Sills-Life and career:Born in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up in the suburb of Franklin, where he was friends with both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Sills attended Cranbrook School, from which he graduated in 1978, and the University of Michigan where he majored in music...
(born 1960), American actor - Lester SillLester SillLester Sill was an American record label executive, best remembered as Phil Spector's partner in Philles Records , and also as the head of both Colpix Records and the later Colgems Records...
(1918–1994), American record label executive - Joshua W. SillJoshua W. SillJoshua Woodrow Sill , was a career officer in the United States Army and brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was later named in his honor.-Early life and background:Sill was born in Chillicothe, Ohio...
(1831-1862) American Civil War brigadier general - Judee SillJudee SillJudee Sill was an American singer and songwriter. The first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, she released two albums, then worked briefly as a cartoonist before dying of drug abuse in 1979.Her eponymous debut album was released in late 1971 and was followed around eighteen months...
(1944–1979), American singer and songwriter - Paul SillsPaul SillsPaul Sills was a director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City.-Biography:...
(1927–2008), director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City - Tim SillsTim SillsTimothy "Tim" Sills is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Basingstoke Town.Sills was a product of Millwall's youth system and was a regular in the club's youth team up until he left in 1997...
(born 1979), English footballer - Fort SillFort SillFort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...
, a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, named for Joshua W. SillJoshua W. SillJoshua Woodrow Sill , was a career officer in the United States Army and brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was later named in his honor.-Early life and background:Sill was born in Chillicothe, Ohio...
See also
- Cill
- StillStillA still is a permanent apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor...
, a permanent apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible (e.g. steam distillation) liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor - Still (disambiguation)Still (disambiguation)A still is an apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible liquid mixtures.Still may also refer to:- Companies :* STILL Gmbh, a German subsidiary of the KION Group that manufactures forklift trucks- Albums :...