spile
IPA: spˈaɪɫ
noun
- (obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
- A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
- (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
- A pile; a post or girder.
verb
- To plug (a hole) with a spile.
- To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
- To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
- (transitive) To support by means of spiles.
- (transitive) To drive piles into.
- (US, dialect, transitive, intransitive) spoil.
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Examples of "spile" in Sentences
- Two kinds of spile are available.
- The soft spile in the shive allows gas to vent off.
- Similarly, the shive hole may be sealed with a spile.
- This can be seen by the bubbles foaming around the spile.
- Spile pulls a bottle of whiskey from deep within the back.
- A spile is then placed in the hole to regulate the gas flow.
- The shive with the spile will then be the highest point on the cask.
- Like many such older terms, the word spile has other local meanings.
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