'Spile' definitions:
Definition of 'spile'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Spile'
From: GCIDE
- Spile \Spile\ (sp[imac]l), v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spile'
From: GCIDE
- Spile \Spile\ (sp[imac]l), n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. [root]170.]
- 1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead on top of a set of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- Syn: forepole; spill[2d]. [RDH]
- Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bung,
- caulk,
- check valve,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clog,
- clog up,
- cock,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cover,
- dam,
- dam up,
- faucet,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foul,
- jam,
- leg,
- lid,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- pack,
- pale,
- palisade,
- peg,
- picket,
- pile,
- pin,
- plug,
- plug up,
- sea cock,
- shank,
- spigot,
- spike,
- spill,
- stake,
- stanch,
- stay,
- stench,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopgap,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- tap,
- valve