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spile
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SPILE
n.[L. pilus, pilum, etc. ] 1. A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.
2. A stake driven into the ground to protect a bank, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPILE
Spile, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl.*17 .]
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 Spile, v. t.
Defn: To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
New American Oxford Dictionary
spile
spile |spīl spaɪl | ▶noun 1 a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. • a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a sugar maple. 2 a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure. ▶verb [ with obj. ] broach (a cask ) with a peg in order to draw off liquid. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German, ‘wooden peg ’; sense 2 of the noun apparently an alteration of pile 2 .
Oxford Dictionary
spile
spile |spʌɪl | ▶noun 1 a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. • N. Amer. a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a sugar maple. 2 a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure. ▶verb [ with obj. ] chiefly US or dialect broach (a cask ) with a peg in order to draw off liquid. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, ‘wooden peg ’; in sense 2 of the noun apparently an alteration of pile 2 .
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