spile
/spaɪl/ · noun
Meaning
- A splinter.
- A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
- A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
- To plug (a hole) with a spile.
- To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
- To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
- A pile; a post or girder.
- To support by means of spiles.
- To drive piles into.
- Spoil.
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