spile
- Noun. (obsolete, _) A splinter.
- Noun. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
- Noun. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
- Verb. To plug (a hole) with a spile.
- Verb. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
- Verb. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
- Noun. A pile; a post or girder.
- Verb. To support by means of spiles.
- Verb. (US, dialect) spoil.
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