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Webster 1913 Edition
Syle
Syle
,Noun.
[See
Sile
a young herring.] (Zool.)
A young herring (
Clupea harengus
). [Also written
sile
.] But our folk call them
And when they’re grown, why then we call them herring.
syle
, and nought but syle
,And when they’re grown, why then we call them herring.
J. Ingelow.