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