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Definition spile

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sp?laz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *sp?y- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.

Noun

spile (plural spiles)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) 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.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle 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.

Etymology 2

Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.

Noun

spile (plural spiles)

1. A pile; a post or girder.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

1. (transitive) To support by means of spiles.
2. (transitive) To drive piles into.

Etymology 3

Alteration of spoil.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

1. (US, dialectal, transitive, intransitive) spoil.

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