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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPILLED

pp. Suffered to fall, as liquids; shed.

 

SPILLER

n. 1. One that spills or sheds.
2. A kind of fishing line.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPILLER

SPILLER Spill "er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, spills.

 

2. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

 

SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING

SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING Spil "let fish `ing, Spil "liard fish `ing,

 

Defn: A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.

 

Duden Dictionary

Spille

Spil le Substantiv, feminin besonders norddeutsch , die |Sp i lle |mittelhochdeutsch spille, Spill Spindel 1

 

spillerig

spil le rig Adjektiv besonders norddeutsch spillrig |sp i llerig |zu Spille dürr, schmächtig ein spilleriges Mädchen