Sekirov Dictionary

spile

/spaɪl/

noun 4
verb 6
forms 3

noun4

A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
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A pile; a post or girder.
- The bottom of the river is of hard, sparkling white sand, into which spiles are easily driven; and the building and keeping up of such a wharf is a trifling trouble... — 1873
(dialect, no longer used) A splinter.

verb6

To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To support by means of spiles.
To drive piles into.
(dialect, US) spoil.

forms

spiled · spiling · spiles

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