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spile
1 [spahyl]
noun, verb, spiled, spil⋅ing.–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
1505–15; < MD or MLG spile splinter, peg; c. G Speil

fore⋅pole
[n. fawr-pohl, fohr-; v. fawr-pohl, fohr-]
noun, verb, -poled, -pol⋅ing. Mining.
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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.
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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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