<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a peg or plug of wood</li><li>especially one used as a spigot</li><li>a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple</li><li>a heavy wooden stake or pile</li><li>Mining: forepole</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)</li><li>spiled</li><li>spil·ing</li><li>to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg</li><li>to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid</li><li>to tap by means of a spile</li><li>to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles</li></ul>