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Definition of spile in English: spilenoun spʌɪlspīl 1A small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. （桶的）小木塞；木龙头 Example sentencesExamples - Before beginning, sterilize both the spile and the jug with boiling water.
Synonyms stopper, stop, plug, bung, peg, spigot, seal - 1.1North American A small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a sugar maple.
〈北美〉（采糖槭树液用的）小插管 Synonyms nozzle, head, spray, rose, atomizer, sprinkler, sprinkler head, spout, nose
2A large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure. 木桩；支柱 Example sentencesExamples - Into this hole, tap in the spile with a wooden mallet.
verb spʌɪlspīl [with object]US dialect Broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid. 〈主美或方〉开（桶）放出液体 Example sentencesExamples - Well, firstly I'm still adamant that you can't beat a pint of cask-conditioned ale, properly tapped and spiled, at the peak of perfection.
OriginEarly 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, 'wooden peg'; in sense 2 of the noun apparently an alteration of pile2. Rhymesaisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of spile in US English: spilenounspīl 1A small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. （桶的）小木塞；木龙头 Example sentencesExamples - Before beginning, sterilize both the spile and the jug with boiling water.
Synonyms stopper, stop, plug, bung, peg, spigot, seal - 1.1North American A small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a sugar maple.
〈北美〉（采糖槭树液用的）小插管 Synonyms nozzle, head, spray, rose, atomizer, sprinkler, sprinkler head, spout, nose
2A large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure. 木桩；支柱 Example sentencesExamples - Into this hole, tap in the spile with a wooden mallet.
verbspīl [with object]US dialect Broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid. 〈主美或方〉开（桶）放出液体 Example sentencesExamples - Well, firstly I'm still adamant that you can't beat a pint of cask-conditioned ale, properly tapped and spiled, at the peak of perfection.
OriginEarly 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, ‘wooden peg’; in spile (sense 2 of the noun) apparently an alteration of pile. |