Soil the Milk before Using ItYorkshire for “Sile the milk, etc.” —i.e. strain it, or skim it. A sile is a sieve or strainer. “Take a handeful of sauge, and stampe it, and temper it with hate ale, and sythene syle it thorowe a hate clothe.” —M.S. Lincoln. A i. 17 f 281 “Drink the licoure siled thorgh a clothe.” —MS. in Mr. Pettigrew's possession (fifteenth century). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Soil the Milk before Using It from Infoplease:
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