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spile

UK/spaɪl/ uncommon obsolete us

noun

1.

a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

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2.

a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

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From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.

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