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spile

1  [spahyl] noun, verb, spiled, spil⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a peg or plug of wood, esp. one used as a spigot.
2. a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.
3. a heavy wooden stake or pile.
4. Mining. forepole.
–verb (used with object)
5. to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.
6. to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.
7. to tap by means of a spile.
8. to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.
Origin:
1505–15; < MD or MLG spile splinter, peg; c. G Speil

spile

2  [spahyl] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), spiled, spil⋅ing, noun Dialect
spoil.

fore⋅pole

  [n. fawr-pohl, fohr-; v. fawr-pohl, fohr-] noun, verb, -poled, -pol⋅ing. Mining.
–noun
1. Also called spile, spill. any of a number of boards or timbers driven forward on top of a set to protect miners lengthening a tunnel from falling debris.
–verb (used with object)
2. to reinforce (the end of an excavated tunnel) with forepoles.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; fore- + pole 1
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spile   (spīl)   
n.  
  1. A post used as a foundation; a pile.
  2. A wooden plug; a bung.
  3. A spigot used in taking sap from a tree.
tr.v.   spiled, spil·ing, spiles
  1. To support with a spile.
  2. To plug or tap with a spile.

[Dutch spijl, wooden pin, from Middle Dutch spīle.]
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Spile

Spile\, n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. [root]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

Spile\, v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : spile
Spanish: nervadura; varilla (paraguas),
German: die Rippe,
Japanese: 肋骨状のもの
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