spile.
A splinter.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
A pile; a post or girder.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.
To support by means of spiles.
To drive piles into.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.
spoil.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of spoil.
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