SPILE

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


Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

spile (plural spiles)

A pile; a post or girder.

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Verb

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.

Etymology 3

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

(US, dialect, ambitransitive) spoil.

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliĂ©s, 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



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