spilling line

Naut.: A line to spill the wind out of a sail, by keeping it from bellying out when clewed up. *spi-lô-gæ-a, 8. [Gr. spilos =a spot, and gaia = the earth.] Bot.: A spurious genus of Coniomycetous Fungals, the immature state of various species of Cladosporium.