6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilt}; p. pr & vb n.
{Spilling}.]
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal,
ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilled}, or {Spilt}; p. pr
& vb n. {Spilling}.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS
spillan spildan to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to
destroy, Sw spilla to spill, Dan. spilde,G. & D. spillen to
squander, OHG. spildan.]
1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to [Obs.]
And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose
whether she would him save or spill. --Chaucer.
Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.
--Spenser.
2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence to destroy by misuse;
to waste. [Obs.]
They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the
whole workmanship. --Puttenham.
Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day in
recreations. --Fuller.
3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or
suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to
substances whose particles are small and loose; as to
spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a
vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or
flour.
Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss
-- a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or
suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as a
man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden.
5. (Naut.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind,
so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to
lessen the strain.
{Spilling line} (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or
dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, n. [[root]170. Cf {Spell} a splinter.]
1. A bit of wood split off a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A slender piece of anything Specifically:
a A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a
spile.
b A metallic rod or pin.
c A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a
lamplighter, etc
d (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven
horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing
a level in loose ground.
3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. i.
1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to
perish; to waste. [Obs.]
That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer.
2. To be shed; to run over to fall out and be lost or
wasted. ``He was so topful of himself, that he let it
spill on all the company.'' --I. Watts.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spill
n 1: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
2: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
other obstruction [syn: {spillway}, {wasteweir}]
3: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: {spillage}, {release}]
4: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty
spill on the ice" [syn: {tumble}, {fall}]
v 1: cause to flow or overflow; "spill blood" [syn: {slop}, {splatter}]
2: run or spill over as of a liquid
3: cause to flow out or over "spill the beans all over the
table" [syn: {shed}, {disgorge}]
4: flow, run, or fall out over or off and become wasted or
lost; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: {run out}]
5: pour in drops; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; also
metaphorically, as in "God shed His grace on Thee" [syn: {shed},
{pour forth}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
spill
{register spilling}
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