SPILED

Verb

spiled

simple past tense and past participle of spile

Anagrams

• Spidle, diples, dispel, disple, lisped, pleids

Source: Wiktionary


SPILE

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



RESET




Word of the Day

1 May 2025

ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

coffee icon