spillyadj.
technical.
Of iron: Exhibiting spills or dirty seams.
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1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 207 Some..twist the iron before the hammering to prevent it from becoming ‘spilly’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1843- to belt up
- to bemary
- to bench by a person's side
- to bench in
- to bend a person out of shape
- to bend a person to one's bow
- to bend a person's ear
- to bend a person's ear also
- to bend a person's ear occasionally ears
- to bend a rope
- to bend a sail
- to bend or direct one's steps
- to bend or draw a bow
- to bend or lean over backwards
- to bend or lean over backwardss
- to bend out of shape
- to bend over
- to bend the brows
- to bend the cable
- to bend the elbow
- to bend the head or face
- to bend the rules
- to bend to one's bow
- to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the knee
- to bring the cable to the capstan