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Word: spile
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Noun:
- A bollard. Spile is the word most frequently used on the Great Lakes to indicate a bollard.
- A spigot or plug.
- A spout inserted in a tree to draw off sap.
- A term used in the Cornish tin mining industry referring to a metal bar or girder driven through broken rock to hold it in place while mining operations continue underneath the spiles. Typically a series of spiles are driven into the rock pile, and spiles are often used to close off a discontinued stope. The action of inserting spiles is referred to as "spiling" or "spiling-off".
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Verb:
- dialect|ambitransitive spoil
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