spile

[ spahyl ]

/ spaɪl /

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noun

a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.

a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.

a heavy wooden stake or pile.

Mining. forepole.

verb (used with object), spiled, spil·ing.

to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.

to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.

to tap by means of a spile.

to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.

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Origin of spile

1505–15; <Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile splinter, peg; cognate with German Speil

Words nearby spile

spike potential, spiker, spike-rush, spike-tooth harrow, spiky, spile, spiling, spill, spillage, Spillane, spillikin

Other definitions for spile (2 of 2)

spile²

[ spahyl ]

/ spaɪl /

Dialect

verb (used with or without object), noun spiled, spil·ing,

spoil.

How to use spile in a sentence

If you can’t find a supplier for spiles, use whatever you have.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|February 7, 2021|Popular-Science
Once you’ve drilled your hole, you can hammer in a spile and hang a bucket or jug on it to collect the sap.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|February 7, 2021|Popular-Science
Sometimes dey would shoot a hog an' jist take de hams an' leave de rest dere to spile.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
Mo' lak spile chillen, that dun had ther way so long they cuden' give in, speshly your par.
That Old-Time Child, Roberta|Sophie Fox Sea

You see the Elmwood parson takes all our eggs, and wife thinks 'twouldn't do to spile a payin' customer.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
Youll spile usbut I know a lot o folks that might learn manners from you two boys.
Erskine Dale--Pioneer|John Fox
An' don't you spile it in the cooking or I'll use the gad on you; an' if you holler or cut that cord I'll kill ye.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for spile

spile

/ (spaɪl) /

noun

a heavy timber stake or pile

US and Canadian a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree

a plug or spigot

verb (tr)

to provide or support with a spile

US to tap (a tree) with a spile

Northern English dialect a splinter

Word Origin for spile

C16: probably from Middle Dutch spile peg; related to Icelandic spila skewer, Latin spīna thorn

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spile

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