spilt

An obsolete form of spill2. Spilanthes (spi-lan′thēz), n. [NL. (Jacquin, 1763), said to be so called in allusion to the brown disk surrounded by yellow rays in the original species; in a cask, usually near the bung-hole, for the admi ion of air, to cause the liquor to flow freely. spilikin, n. See spillikin. spiling (spī'ling), n. [Verbal n. of spilel, v.] 1. Piles; piling: as, the spiling must be renewed.-2. The edge-curve of a plank or strake. -3. pl. In ship - building, the dimensions of the measured by means of a batten fastened for curve or sny of a plank's edge, commonly the purpose on the timbers. spilite (spi'lit), n. [ -ite2 .] A variety of diabase distinguished by its amyg- daloidal structure, the cavities being most frequently filled with calcite. Also called amyg- aloidal diabase , and by a variety of other names. See diabase and melaphyre . spilll (spil), v .; pret. and pp. spilled or spilt , ppr. spilling . [ spillen , spyllen (pret. spilde , pp. spilled , spilt ), spill an , an a imilated form of spildan , destroy ( for - spildan , destroy utterly), = OS. spildjan , destroy, kill, = D. spil- len = MLG. spilden , spillen , LG. spillen , waste, spend, = OHG. spildan , waste, spend, Icel. spill a , destroy, Sw. spill a = Dan. spilde , lose, spill, waste; cf. AS. spild , destruction; perhaps connected with spald1 , split, speld , splinter, etc.: see spald1 , spill2 , spell4 .] I. trans. 11. To destroy; kill; slay. To savèn whom him list, or elles spille . Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1917. I have conceived that hope of your goodnes that ye wold rather my person to bee saved then spilled ; rather to be reformed then destroyed. Udall, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 4. 21. To injure; mar; spoil; ruin. Who-so spareth the sprynge [rod] spilleth his children. Piers Plowman (B), v. 41. So full of artle jealousy is guilt. It spills itself in fearing to be spilt . Thy father bids thee spare, and chides for spilling . Sir P. Sidney. 4. To run out and become shed or wasted. He was so topfull of himself that he let it spill on all the company. Watts. spilll (spil), n. [ First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill , And the parson was sitting upon a rock. 0. W. Holmes, The Deacon's Masterpiece. 2. A downpour; a flood. [Colloq.] Soon the rain left off for a moment, gathering itself together again for another spill . Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 87. spill2 (spil), n. [Early mod. E. also spil , spille ; spille ; a var. of spell4 , q. v. In some senses, as def. 4, prob. confused with spile1 , spil , > A splinter, a chip. G. spille , a pin, pivot, spindle: see spile1 .] 1t. What [boots it thee] to reserve their relics many years, Their silver spurs, or spils of broken spears? Bp . Hall , Satires, IV. iii. 15. 21. A little bar or pin; a peg. The Ostyers (besides gathering by hand, at a great ebb) haue a peculiar dredge, which is a thick strong net, fastned to three spils of yron, and drawne at the boates sterne. R. Carew , Survey of Cornwall, fol. 31. 3. A slip or strip of wood or paper meant for use as a lamplighter. Paper spills are made of strips of paper rolled spirally in a long tapering form or folded lengthwise. Thin strips of dry wood are also used as spills. O what needs I toil day and night, My fair body to spill. Lord Randal (A) (Child's Ballads, II. 23). 31. To waste; squander; spend. This holde I for a verray nycetee To spille labour for to kepe wyves. Chaucer , Manciple's Tale, 1. 49. To thy mastir be trew his goodes that thow not spille . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 120. We give, and we are not the more accepted, because he beholdeth how unwisely we spill our gifts in the bringing. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 79. 4. Το suffer or cause to flow out or become lost; shed: used especially of blood, as in wilful killing. All the pillours of the one [temple] were guilt, And all the others pavement were with yvory spilt . Spenser , F. Q., IV. x. 5. Same as spill spill-case (spil'kās), n . A small ornamental vase meant for the decoration of a mantelpiece, etc., and to hold spills or lamplighters. [Eng.] spill-channel (spil'chanel), n. A bayou or overflow-channel communicating with a river: used in India. See spill - stream. Hunter, Statistics of Bengal. spill an, spillar (spil'an, -är), n. er2.