Spiling
noun
1.
a group or mass of piles; spiles.
noun
1.
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
2.
a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.
3.
a heavy wooden stake or pile.
4.
Mining. forepole.
verb (used with object), spiled, spiling.
5.
to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.
6.
to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.
7.
to tap by means of a spile.
8.
to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.
verb (used with or without object), spiled, spiling, noun
1.
spoil.
noun
1.
a heavy timber stake or pile
2.
(US & Canadian) a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree
3.
a plug or spigot
verb (transitive)
4.
to provide or support with a spile
5.
(US) to tap (a tree) with a spile
6.
(Northern English, dialect) a splinter
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