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spiled

Variant of spile

noun

  1. a plug or spigot, as for a barrel
  2. ☆ a tap or spout driven into a maple tree to draw off sap
  3. a heavy stake or timber driven into the ground as a foundation or support

transitive verb spiled, spiling

  1. to furnish or support with spiles, or stakes
  2. to set a spile into (a tree, barrel, etc.)
  3. to draw off (liquid) through a spile
  4. to stop up (a hole) with a spile, or plug

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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