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Spile [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.

2. A stake driven into the ground to protect a bank, etc.

Spile [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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