Definition of Spiling

1. Verb. (present participle of spile) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spiling

1. a piling [n -S] - See also: piling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiling

spiketails
spikey
spikier
spikiest
spikily
spikiness
spikinesses
spiking
spiks
spiky
spile
spiled
spiles
spilikin
spilikins
spiling (current term)
spilings
spilite
spilites
spilitic
spill
spill blood
spill ink
spill one's guts
spill out
spill over
spill the beans
spillable
spillage

Literary usage of Spiling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"These blocks are generally removed as the spiling is placed in position. After the spiling is driven home the space between the bridging and the spiling is ..."

2. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"These blocks are generally removed as the spiling is placed in position. After the spiling is driven home the space between the bridging and the spiling is ..."

3. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"We now come to the special methods of support used in the case of soft, loose, watery or running ground. They are: (a) Spilling, spiling, ..."

4. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"We now come to the special methods of support used in the case of soft, loose, watery or running ground. They are: (a) Spilling, spiling, ..."

5. The Construction of Mill Dams: Comprising Also the Building of Race and by Leffel, J., & co, J. Leffel & Co (1874)
"On examining it carefully, I found that it was the fault of the spiling, and when I ditched it out I found it in this shape: Stick your three fingers out ..."

6. Mine Timbering by Wilbur E. Sanders, Bernard MacDonald, Norman W. Parlee (1907)
"The spiling, a, sharpened at the foot, and often shod with iron at the head, is driven with a sledge, one plank at a time being advanced for a short ..."

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