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spile
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| spill
| spill out
| spill over
| spill the beans
spile
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spile has 2 senses
- spile(n = noun.artifact) pile, piling, stilt - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure; Array is a kind of column, pillar
- spile(n = noun.artifact) bung - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask; Array is a part of barrel, cask
has particulars: sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling
is a kind of plug, stopper, stopple
CIDE DICTIONARY
spile, n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. √170.].
- A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. [1913 Webster]
- A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. [1913 Webster]
- A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. [1913 Webster]
spile, v. t.
To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spile, n. & v.
--n.
1 a wooden peg or spigot.
2 a large timber or pile for driving into the ground.
3 US a small spout for tapping the sap from a sugar-maple etc.
--v.tr. make a spike-hole in (a cask etc.) in order to draw off liquid.
--n.
1 a wooden peg or spigot.
2 a large timber or pile for driving into the ground.
3 US a small spout for tapping the sap from a sugar-maple etc.
--v.tr. make a spike-hole in (a cask etc.) in order to draw off liquid.
Etymology
MDu., MLG, = wooden peg etc.: in sense 'pile' app. alt. of PILE(2)
THESAURUS
spile
bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, leg, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, pale, palisade, peg, picket, pile, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, shank, spigot, spike, spill, stake, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve
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