Definition of Spile

1. Noun. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

Exact synonyms: Pile, Piling, Stilt
Generic synonyms: Column, Pillar
Specialized synonyms: Sheath Pile, Sheet Pile, Sheet Piling

2. Noun. A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
Exact synonyms: Bung
Group relationships: Barrel, Cask
Generic synonyms: Plug, Stopper, Stopple
Derivative terms: Bung

Definition of Spile

1. n. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

2. v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Definition of Spile

1. Noun. (obsolete or dialectal) A splinter. ¹

2. Noun. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. ¹

4. Verb. To plug (a hole) with a spile. ¹

5. Verb. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile. ¹

6. Verb. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile. ¹

7. Noun. A pile; a post or girder. ¹

8. Verb. To support by means of spiles. ¹

9. Verb. (US dialect ambitransitive) spoil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spile

1. to stop up with a wooden plug [v SPILED, SPILING, SPILES]

Medical Definition of Spile

1. 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. Origin: Cf. LG. Spile, dial. G. Speil, speiler, D. Spijl. 170. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spile

spikeries
spikers
spikery
spikes
spiketail
spiketails
spikey
spikier
spikiest
spikily
spikiness
spikinesses
spiking
spiks
spiky
spile (current term)
spiled
spiles
spilikin
spilikins
spiling
spilings
spilite
spilites
spilitic
spill
spill blood
spill ink
spill one's guts

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