SPILES

Noun

spiles

plural of spile

Anagrams

• Siples, plisse, plissĂ©, slipes, spiels

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



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