Spill

spil, v.t. to allow to run out of a ve el: to shed: to waste: ( coll. ) to throw from a vehicle or the saddle: to empty the belly of a sail of wind for reefing.— v.i. to be shed: to be allowed to fall, be lost, or wasted:— pa.t. and pa.p. spilled, spilt.— n. a fall, a throw: a downpour.— ns. Spill′er ; Spill′ing-line , a rope for spilling the wind out of a square sail to facilitate reefing or furling; Spill′-stream , a stream formed by overflow water, a bayou; Spill′way , a pa age for overflow-water from a dam. [A.S. spill an ; Dut. spillen , Ice. spill a , to destroy.]