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spile
1[ spahyl ]
noun
- a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.
- a heavy wooden stake or pile.
- Mining. forepole.
verb (used with object)
- to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.
- to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.
- to tap by means of a spile.
- to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.
spile
2[ spahyl ]
verb (used with or without object)
spile
/ spaɪl /
noun
- a heavy timber stake or pile
- a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree
- a plug or spigot
verb
- to provide or support with a spile
- to tap (a tree) with a spile
- dialect.a splinter
Word History and Origins
Origin of spile1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spile1
Example Sentences
There were not quite fifty trees, but by the time each bucket had been tipped off the spile with its lid taken off, the sap poured into a gathering bucket, and the lid put back, Marly was already feeling tired in her arms.
While you’re in the neighborhood, get to know some of the restaurants and bars that recently opened or are scheduled to open this fall, including Bar Elena, Spile & Spigot Tap House and Blue Diner.
“It's a spile. Sort of like a faucet. You put it in a tree and sap comes out.”
He and Finnick take turns opening up the hole with the awl and the knives until it can hold the spile.
By wiggling and adjusting the spile, we get a thin stream running out.
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