spill¹ /spil/

1. To allow to run out of a container
2. To shed
3. To waste
4. To throw from a vehicle or the saddle (informal)
5. To empty from the belly of a sail or empty of wind for reefing
6. To overlay as if by spilling (Spenser)
7. To kill (obsolete)
8. To destroy (obsolete)

1. To overflow
2. To be shed
3. To be allowed to fall, be lost, or wasted
4. To come to grief or ruin (obsolete)

1. A fall, a throw
2. A spilling

spillˈage noun

1. The act of spilling
2. That which is spilt

spillˈer noun

spillˈing noun

spilth noun

1. Spilling
2. Anything spilt or poured out lavishly
3. Excess

spilling line noun

A rope for spilling the wind out of a square sail

spillˈover noun

An overflow (also figurative)

spillˈ-stream noun

1. An overflow channel
2. A bayou

spillˈway noun (informal)

A passage for overflow water

spill one's guts (informal)

To confess all that one knows

spill over

To overflow (also figurative)

spill the beans see under bean

spill² /spil/

1. A spile
2. A thin strip of wood or paper for lighting a candle, a pipe, etc

spillˈikin, spilˈikin or spellˈican noun

A small slip of wood, ivory, etc, to be picked out from a heap without disturbing the others in the game of spillikins

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• pillar
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• pillarist
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• pillar-roots
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• Pillars of Hercules
• Pillars of Islam
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