SPILL, n. [a different orthography of spile, supra.] 1. A small peg or pin for stopping a cask; as a vent hole stopped with a spill.2. A little bar or pin of iron.3. A little sum of money. [Not in use.]SPILL, v.t. pret. spilled or spilt; pp. id. 1. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose to suffer to be scattered; applied only to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose. Thus we spill water from a pail; we spill spirit or oil from a bottle; we spill quicksilver or powders form a vessel or a paper; we spill sand or flour.2. To suffer to be shed; as, a man spills his own blood.3. To cause to flow out or lose; to shed; as, a man spills another's blood. [This is applied to cases of murder or other homicide, but not to venesection. In the later case we say, to let or take blood.]4. To mischief; to destroy; as, to spill the mind or soul; to spill glory; to spill forms, &c. [This application is obsolete and now improper.]5. TO throw away.6. In seamen's language, to discharge the wind out of the cavity or belly of a sail.SPILL, v.i. 1. To waste; to be prodigal. [Not in use.]2. TO be shed; to be suffered to fall, he lost or wasted. He was so topfull of himself, that he let it spill on all the company. |
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