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/spˈaɪl/
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NOUN
- a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
How To Use spile In A Sentence
- Unions are to blame cause some sputtering spile slipped its bung. Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case
- As hunted l4 days and saw oly l small spile W-tail amdonly 2 Mule Deer Bucks (I got one), no Elk period. Flying with Guns
- A firkin, as the reader probably knows, is the least compromising of casks, and Mr Latter regularly attended in person to "spile" it. Nicky-Nan, Reservist
- But ya jest look 'ere, mum, what's a man to du wi' a daft thingamy like _that_, as caan't tëak a plain order, and spiles a poor man's business as caan't help hissel '?' Robert Elsmere
- The first thing the cellarman does is drive a soft spile into the top vent of the cask. Long Island Beer Events
- But; ya jest look 'ere, mum, what's a man to du wi' a daft thingamy like _that_, as caan't teak a plain order, and spiles a poor man's business as caan't help hissel '?' Robert Elsmere
- The first thing the cellarman does is drive a soft spile into the top vent of the cask. Long Island Beer Events
- Marie d'Aspilecute dit qu'elle le baisa à ce visage de derriere au dessoubs d'vne grande queuë; qu'elle l'y a baisé par trois fois, & qu'il auoit ce visage faict comme le museau d'vn bouc. — The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology
- Then he hammered a small metal spile into the hole, which was already wet with sap. The Dirty Life
- Just seems no real cure to seeing the sputtering spile bunged Think Progress » Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or ‘Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It’