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spile

Syllabification: (spile)
Pronunciation: /spīl/
Definition of spile

noun

  • 1a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask.
  • North American a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a sugar maple.
  • 2a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure.

verb

[with object] chiefly US or dialect
  • broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid.

Origin:

early 16th century: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German, 'wooden peg'; spile (sense 2 of the noun) apparently an alteration of pile2

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