Associations to the word «Spile»
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Wiktionary
SPILE, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
SPILE, noun. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
SPILE, noun. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
SPILE, verb. To plug (a hole) with a spile.
SPILE, verb. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
SPILE, verb. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
SPILE, noun. A pile; a post or girder.
SPILE, verb. To support by means of spiles.
SPILE, verb. (US) (dialect) (ambitransitive) spoil.
Dictionary definition
SPILE, noun. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
SPILE, noun. A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.