bung, spile
(noun) a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
pile, spile, piling, stilt
(noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spile (plural spiles)
(obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
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.
spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
spile (plural spiles)
A pile; a post or girder.
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spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)
(transitive) To support by means of spiles.
(transitive) To drive piles into.
spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)
(US, dialect, ambitransitive) spoil.
• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliés, slipe, spiel
Source: Wiktionary
Spile, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. *170.]
1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent.
Spile, v. t.
Definition: To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
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