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Sill (dock) A half tide dock is a partially tidal dock. Typically the dock is entered at high tide. As the tide ebbs a sill or weir prevents the level dropping below a certain point, meaning that the ships in the dock remain afloat, although they still rise a ...

, a weir at the low water mark retaining water within a dock *

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 along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. A ''sill'' is a ''concordant intrusive sheet'', ...

, a subhorizontal sheet intrusion of molten or solidified magma *

Sill (geostatistics) In spatial statistics the theoretical variogram 2\gamma(\mathbf_1,\mathbf_2) is a function describing the degree of spatial dependence of a spatial random field or stochastic process Z(\mathbf). The semivariogram \gamma(\mathbf_1,\mathbf_2) is hal ...

Sill (river) The Sill is a river in Tyrol, Austria. It is one of the larger tributaries of the Inn in Tyrol. It flows north through the Wipptal to Innsbruck. Its source lies east of the Brenner Pass. At the - the name of the point where it meets the Inn at In ...

, a river in Austria *

Sill plate A 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. The word "plate" is typically omitted in America and carpenters speak simply of the "sill". Ot ...

, a construction element **

Window sill A windowsill (also written window sill or window-sill, and less frequently in British English, cill) is the horizontal structure or surface at the bottom of a window. Window sills serve to structurally support and hold the window in place. The ...

, a more specific construction element than above **Automotive sill, also known as a rocker panel; see Glossary of automotive design#R *

Fort Sill Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (136.8 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost . The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark ...

, a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma *

Mount Sill Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades (California Sierra), Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill ...

, a California mountain * A shoal near the mouth of a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

, remnant of an extinct glacier’s terminal moraine

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Anna Peck Sill Anna Peck Sill (August 9, 1816 – June 18, 1889) was an American educator and the founder of Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford University), a school for the Christian education of young women in Rockford, Illinois, as an adjunct to Beloit Co ...

(1816-1889), American educator *

Edward Rowland Sill Edward Rowland Sill (April 29, 1841February 27, 1887) was an American poet and educator. Biography Born in Windsor, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale in 1861, where he was Class Poet and a member of Skull and Bones. He engaged in business in ...

(1841–1887), American poet and educator *

Frederick Herbert Sill Frederick Herbert Sill (1874 – July 17, 1952) was an American Episcopalian priest and educator. He was the founder of Kent School, a private boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. Biography Sill was born in New York City to Jane and Thomas Henr ...

(1874–1952), American Episcopalian priest and educator * George G. Sill (1829–1907), American politician from Connecticut *

Joel Sill Joel Sill is a music supervisor, music producer and consultant known for his work on ''Forrest Gump'', ''Cast Away'' and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', ''The Goonies'', ''Blade Runner'', ''The Color Purple (film), The Color Purple'', an ...

(born 1946), American music producer * John M. B. Sill (1831–1901), American diplomat *

Joshua W. Sill Joshua Woodrow Sill (December 6, 1831 – December 31, 1862) 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 lat ...

(1831–1862), American Civil War brigadier general *

Judee Sill Judith Lynne Sill (October 7, 1944 – November 23, 1979) was an American singer and songwriter. The first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, she released two albums on Asylum and partially completed a third album before dying of a d ...

(1944–1979), American singer and songwriter *

Lester Sill Lester Sill (January 13, 1918 – October 31, 1994) was an American record label executive, best remembered as Phil Spector's partner in Philles Records (the name came from the first parts of their names, Phil and Les), and also as the head of both ...

(1918–1994), American record label executive *

Thomas Hale Sill Thomas Hale Sill (October 11, 1783 – February 7, 1856) was a Jacksonian and National Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas Hale Sill was born in Windsor, Connecticut. He graduated from Brown Unive ...

(1783–1856), American politician from Pennsylvania *

Zach Sill Zach Sill (born May 24, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centreman who is currently playing for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In North America, he most recently played for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey ...

(born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player

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Beverly Sills Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned for ...

(1929–2007), American operatic soprano *

David Sills (judge) David George Sills (March 21, 1938 – August 23, 2011) was an American jurist. Sills served as the presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. He was a former mayor of Irvine, Californ ...

(1938–2011), American jurist *

David Sills (American football) David Sills V (born May 29, 1996) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. As a seventh-grade quarterback in 2010, he garnered national attention when he verbally committed to play football at the University of Southern Cali ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Douglas Sills Douglas Howard Sills (born July 5, 1960) is an American actor. Early life Sills was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Rhoda (Nemeth) and Archie Sills, and grew up in the suburb of Franklin, in a Jewish household. He was friends (and did am ...

(born 1960), American actor *

Eileen Sills Dame Eileen Sills, DBE FRCN (born June 1962) is the Chief Nurse, Director of Patient Experience and Infection Control and a member of the board at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She was also, briefly, the first Freedom to Speak Up Nat ...

(born 1962), British chief nurse and NHS national guardian *

Josh Sills Joshua Matthew Sills (born January 26, 1998) is an American football offensive guard for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Early life and education Sill ...

(born 1998), American football player * Kenneth C.M. Sills (1879–1954), American educator *

Milton Sills Milton George Gustavus Sills (January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930) was an American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. Biography Sills was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a wealthy family. He was the son of William Henr ...

(1882–1930), American stage and film actor *

Paul Sills Paul Sills (born Paul Silverberg; November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008) was an American director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City. Life and career Sills was born Paul Silverberg in Chicago, Illinois ...

(1927–2008), American director and improvisation teacher *

Saskia Sills Saskia Sills (born 24 July 1996 in Plymouth) is a world champion British windsurfer and member of the British Sailing Team. She has continued to compete in international events such as the European championships, and has been part of the British S ...

(born 1996), British windsurfer and sailor * Steven Sills (), American screenwriter and film producer *

Tim Sills Timothy Sills (born 10 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently manager of Wimborne Town. Sills was a product of Millwall's youth system and was a regular in the club's youth team ...

(born 1979), English footballer

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