spile

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[ spahyl ]
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noun
  1. a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.

  2. a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.

  1. a heavy wooden stake or pile.

  2. Mining. forepole.

verb (used with object),spiled, spil·ing.
  1. to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.

  2. to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.

  1. to tap by means of a spile.

  2. to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.

Origin of spile

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1505–15; <Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile splinter, peg; cognate with German Speil

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spile2
[ spahyl ]

verb (used with or without object), nounspiled, spil·ing,

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British Dictionary definitions for spile

spile

/ (spaɪl) /


noun
  1. a heavy timber stake or pile

  2. US and Canadian a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree

  1. a plug or spigot

verb(tr)
  1. to provide or support with a spile

  2. US to tap (a tree) with a spile

  1. Northern English dialect a splinter

Origin of spile

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C16: probably from Middle Dutch spile peg; related to Icelandic spila skewer, Latin spīna thorn

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