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spill |
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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