spil1kin

[ Eng.spill, s.; dim in. suff. -kin.] 1. A small peg, of bone, wood, ivory, ., used for taking the score at cribbage and other games. 2. ( Pl .): A game played with such pegs; push fat, bacon.] Blubber. spike (2), s. [Icel. spik =blubber; Ger. speck = pin. spike-tackle, s. Naut.: The tackle by which the carca of a whale is held alongside while flensing. spike-tub, s . A ve el in which the fat of bears, seals, and minor quarry is set aside till an opportunity occurs for adding it to the blubber in the hold. ( Smyth .) spike, v. t. [SPIKE (1), s.] 1. To fasten with spikes or long nails. "Lay long planks upon them, spiking or pinning them down fast." - Mortimer: Husbandry. 2. To set with spikes; to furnish with spikes. 3. To fix upon a spike; to impale on a spike; to pierce with a spike. *4. To make sharp at the end, like a spike. 5. To stop the vent of, as of a cannon, with a spike. "A battery of four guns, which he spiked . "- Field , Sept. 4, 1886. To spike a cannon or gun : To fill up the touchhole or vent by driving a spike into it, so as to render it unserviceable. spil-ing, s. [SPILE.] Shipbuilding: 1. The edge curve of a plank or stake. 2. ( Pl . ): Dimensions taken from a straight-edge or rule to different points on a curve. spill (1), *spil, *spille, s . [Prop. speld , from A. S. speld a torch, a spill to light a candle with; Dut. speld =apin; spul = the pin of a bobbin, spindle, axis; Icel. speld , speld i a thin slice of board; spildá a flake, a slice; Goth. spilda =a writing tablet; W. H. Ger. spelte =a splinter; Ger. spalten = to cleave.] I. Ordinary Language : *1. A spile. [SPILE, 8. , 1.] "Have near the bunghole a little venthole, stopped with a spill.-Mortimer. *2. A piece broken off; a splinter. "The same meale draweth forth spills of broken and shivered bones."-P. Holland : Pliny , bk. xxii., ch. xxv. *3. A small bar or pin of iron. *4. A little sum of money. "The bishops were wont to have a spill or spor tule from the credulous laity." -Auliffe: Parergon. spill 5. A slip of paper rolled up, or a thin slip of wood used to light a candle, lamp, . II. Shipwright .: A small peg used to stop the hole left by a spike when drawn out.