Category:Spile

Spile, n. Etym: [cf. Lg. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, d. spijl.
 * 170.]

1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as From a sugar maple.

3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some Superstructure; a pile. Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a Vent.

Spile Spile, v. t.

Defn: to supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as A cask.