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▪ I. † spilt, n. Obs.—1
[Cf. spill n.1]
A splinter.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1185/1 He was striken on the viser with a lance,..the spilts entring by the sight of his headpeece.
▪ II. spilt
obs. form of spelt n.1
▪ III. spilt, ppl. a.|spɪlt|
[f. spill v. Cf. spilled ppl. a.]
†1.
a. Spoiled, ruined; destroyed. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 4060 Menelay the mighty..sped hym fro Spart his awne spilte rewme. Ibid. 10131 A space for his spilt men spedely to graue.
b. Sc. Rendered unwholesome or unfit for food through being kept too long.
1595Duncan App. Etym. (E.D.S.), Rancida caro, spilt flesh. Ibid., Vappa, spilt wine. 1887Scott. Leader 11 Oct. 5/1 Selling ‘Spilt’ Pears. Ibid., Dr. Anderson stated that..‘spilt’ pears were unwholesome.
2. a. Of a liquid: That has been allowed to flow over or run out, esp. in an accidental or wasteful manner. Also with out, and in fig. context.
1483Cath. Angl. 355/1 Spyllt, butus, perfusus. 1636B. Jonson Discov. Wks. (Rtldg.) 743 Of this spilt water, there is a little to be gathered up: it is a desperate debt. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xix. ⁋1 The spilt Mettal sticking about the out-sides of the Mouth. 1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xiii, Boord, and floor, and a' did sail, Wi' spilt ale i' the dark. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. x, His words are like spilt water. 1859Dickens T. Two Cities i. v, Is all the spilt wine swallowed? 1881O. Wilde Poems 149 The heart of the lotus drenched..With the spilt-out blood of the rose-red wine. 1939Dylan Thomas Map of Love 11 Carved birds blunt their striking throats on the salt gravel, Pierce the spilt sky with diving wing in weed and heel An inch in froth.
b. to cry over spilt milk (or † water), or variants of this: To fret about some loss, mistake, etc., which cannot be remedied.
1738Swift Polite Conv. i. 27 'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt Milk. 1828J. Neal Rachel Dyer xx. 248, I pity you both, but there's no help for you now—never cry for spilt milk. 1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxx, What's done, Sam, can't be helped, there is no use in cryin over spilt milk. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. iv. (1866) 76 Not stop..to weep over spilt water. 1860Trollope Castle Richmond I. vi. 113 It's no use sighing after spilt milk. |