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spilth

[ spilth ]
/ spɪlθ /

noun

spillage(def 1).
something that is spilled.
refuse; trash.

Words nearby spilth

spillikins, spillover, spillproof, spillway, spilt, spilth, spim, spin, spin a yarn, spin angular momentum, spin bowler

Origin of spilth

First recorded in 1600–10; spill1 + -th1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for spilth

  • His foot slipped in the spilth of wine, and the huge body went down like an oak, his head striking one leg of the table.

    Chivalry|James Branch Cabell

  • There it hums and caracoles, through the bottles and glasses; reckless what dangerous breakage and spilth it may occasion.

    History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume V. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle