Syce, [192/469], candle-stick or holder;
but ‘Syse, waxe candell, bougee.’ Palsgrave in Halliwell.
Syde, [p. 151], carve.
Syles, [200/695], strains.
Syles is strains. Sile, v., to strain, to purify milk through a straining dish; Su.-Got. sila, colare.—Sile, s., a fine sieve or milk strainer; Su.-Got. sil, colum. Brockett. See quotations in Halliwell’s Gloss., and Stratmann, who gives Swed. sîla, colare.[ Corrigenda.]
Sylour, [191/445], tester and valances of a bed.
Hur bede was off aszure,
With testur and celure,
With a bryȝt bordure
Compasyd ful clene.