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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPILE, n. [L. pilus, pilum, etc.]
1. A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.
2. A stake driven into the ground to protect a bank, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: pile, spile, piling, stilt]
2: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn: bung, spile]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch spijl stake Date: 1513 1. pile I,1 2. a small plug used to stop the vent of a cask ; bung 3. a spout inserted in a tree to draw off sap II. transitive verb (spiled; spiling) Date: 1691 1. to plug with a spile 2. to supply with a spile

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a wooden peg or spigot. 2 a large timber or pile for driving into the ground. 3 US a small spout for tapping the sap from a sugar-maple etc. --v.tr. make a spike-hole in (a cask etc.) in order to draw off liquid. Etymology: MDu., MLG, = wooden peg etc.: in sense 'pile' app. alt. of PILE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spile Spile, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spile Spile, v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. See spigot. 2. Pile.

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