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Definition of: spile
(spīl) noun
1. A large timber driven into the ground to serve as a foundation; a pile.
2. A wooden pin or plug used as a vent in a cask; a spigot.
3. A spout driven into a sugar–maple tree to lead the sap to a bucket.
—v.t. spiled, spil·ing
1. To pierce for and provide with a spigot.
2. To drive spiles into. [<MDu., skewer, splinter]
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