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Meanings of low sill in English

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Usage of low sill in English
1
She reached the window and knelt, her arms folded upon the low sill.
Through stained glass / A Novel
2
The young man walked up, and rested his arm on the low sill.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
3
The pedler opened the door and dragged his cart in over the low sill.
Old Caravan Days
4
Hesitantly we stepped over the low sill of the little shack, feeling like intruders.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
5
In another moment something black appeared over the low sill; it was a man's head.
The Green Satin Gown
6
He parted the branches and saw the two girls lean over the low sill of the casement.
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
7
Luigi flung the wet folds about him, vaulted the low sill, and then the wild light danced evilly about him.
Nights in London
8
And the low sill.
Mary Olivier: a Life
9
Day grew beyond the low sill and thinned obscurity around him, showing the swerve of the roof to a sloping shelf.
Marianson / From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
10
I took one long luxurious sniff, and then with a last effort I hoisted myself up and scrambled in over the low sill.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
11
The classrooms have reasonable ceiling heights and big-enough windows with low sills.
The Guardian
12
All the low sills run over with small heads.
The Land of Little Rain
13
"Yes, dad." With an impulsive start Katherine seated herself on the low sill of the window and clasped her hands in her lap.
The Short Line War
14
"The guard, I think," St. George answered, and was over the low sill of a window, running headlong across the courtyard, Amory behind him.
Romance Island
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Low sill across language varieties
United Kingdom
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