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
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.