English

Noun

spile ‎(plural spiles)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
2. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.

3. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

Verb

spile ‎(third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

1. To plug (a hole) with a spile.
2. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
3. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

Etymology 2

Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.

Noun

spile ‎(plural spiles)

1. A pile; a post or girder.

Verb

spile ‎(third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

1. To support by means of spiles.

Etymology 3

Alteration of spoil.

Verb

spile ‎(third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

1. (US, dialect, transitive, intransitive) spoil.

Anagrams

• piles
• plies
• spiel

Danish

Verb

spile ‎(imperative spil, infinitive at spile, present tense spiler, past tense spilede, perfect tense har spilet)

1. To dilate.