spile

spile is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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