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    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

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Main Entry: sill
Pronunciation: \ˈsil\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sille, from Old English syll; akin to Old High German swelli beam, threshold
Date: before 12th century
1: a horizontal piece (as a timber) that forms the lowest member or one of the lowest members of a framework or supporting structure: as a: the horizontal member at the base of a window b: the threshold of a door
2: a tabular body of igneous rock injected while molten between sedimentary or volcanic beds or along foliation planes of metamorphic rocks
3: a submerged ridge at relatively shallow depth separating the basins of two bodies of water
 

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\Mal"et\, n. [F. mallette, dim. of malle. See Mail a bag.] A little bag or budget. [Obs.] --Shelton.
 
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