n. A column; pillar.n. A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.n. The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter.n. A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.v. To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.v. To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.v. To settle down; calm or compose oneself.v. To go; pass.v. To boil gently; simmer.v. To pour with rain.n. A sieve.n. A strainer or colander for liquids;n. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.n. A young herring.