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The world's smallest shelf, forever occupied by one dying plant and dead flies.
means The narrow horizontal ledge at the base of a window frame, jutting in or out just enough to rest something on it.
from A straightforward compound — 'window' itself traces back to Old Norse 'vindauga,' literally 'wind-eye,' from a time before glass when openings just let air and light through. 'Sill' comes from Old English 'syll,' meaning a horizontal beam or threshold, the base that a structure rests on. Put them together and you get exactly what it says: the beam at the base of the wind-eye.
- architectural job
- Sheds rainwater away from the wall below
- cat real estate
- Legally belongs to any cat that fits
- etymology
- Sill comes from Old English meaning threshold or base
- herb graveyard
- Where basil goes to photosynthesize its last