sile vs strainer

sile

noun
  • A strainer or colander for liquids 

  • A column; pillar. 

  • A sieve. 

  • A young herring. 

  • The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base. 

  • A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair. 

  • A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building. 

  • That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth. 

verb
  • To go; pass. 

  • To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink. 

  • To pour with rain. 

  • To settle down; calm or compose oneself. 

  • To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter. 

  • To boil gently; simmer. 

strainer

noun
  • A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid. 

  • A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline. 

  • One who strains. 

How often have the words sile and strainer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )