Spile
n.
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A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
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A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
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A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
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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. (Mining)
Phrases & Compounds
- Spile hole
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a small air hole in a cask; a vent.