sillibub (silibub)

[Also sillabub, syllabub; an altered form (with the second element conformed to bub1, a kind of liquor?) of sillibouk, q. v.] A dish made by mixing wine, ale, or cider with cream or milk, so as to form a soft curd: this is sweetened, and flavored with lemon juice, rose-water, etc. Whipped sillibub is made by thoroughly whisking or beating, and skimming or pouring off the froth into gla es; solid sillibub is made by adding gelatin and water, and boiling. Laict aigre , whay; also, a sillibub or merribowke. Cotgrave. Your ale-berries, caudles, and po ets each one, And sillabubs made at the milking-pail, Although they be many, beer comes not in any, But all are compos'd with a pot of good ale. Randolph , Commendation of a Pot of Good Ale. See sillock . ners in the lead districts of the north of England as nearly equivalent to bed or stratum. Thus, the basaltic sheets intercalated in the mountain-limestone are called whin- sills. Head sill. See head-sill. Sill-dre ing machine, a form of wood-planing machine used to dre the sides of timbers. It is adjustable for stuff different widths and thickne es. Sill knee-tron, an L-shaped or rectangular iron piece used to strengthen an inner angle of a car-frame.