spile

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

spiles

1.
(Cumbria, dialectal, obsolete)(obsolete or dialectal, Cumbria, Lancashire) A splinter.
2.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
3.
(US)A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
4.
A pile; a post or girder.

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verb

V_es/s

spiles

V_ing/Gerund

spiling

V_ed/pp

spiled

1.
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
2.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
3.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
4.
(transitive)To support by means of spiles.
5.
(transitive)To drive piles into.
6.
(US, ambitransitive, dialectal)(US, dialect, ambitransitive) spoil.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle Dutch - or spile (splinter, peg), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (splinter, peg), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (prickle, pointed stick). Cognate with spyl, Speil, spile, spijl.