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Webster 1913 Edition
Spile
Spile
(spīl)
, Noun.
[Cf. LG.
spile
, dial. G. speil
, speiler
, D. spijl
. √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
(spīl)
, Verb.
T.
To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spile
SPILE
,Noun.
1.
A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.2.
A stake driven into the ground to protect a bank, &c.