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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Spile

/(spīl)/ · IPA /spaɪl/
01 n. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
  1. 1.
    A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
  2. 2.
    A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
  3. 3.
    A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
  4. 4.
    One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead on top of a set of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Spile hole — a small air hole in a cask; a vent.
Syn. forepole; spill{2d}.
02 v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
  1. 1.
    To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.