1) Barrel spigot 2) Brewing term 3) Bung 4) Cask plug 5) Column 6) Large stake 7) Peg used as a spigot 8) Pile 9) Piling 10) Pillar 11) Plug or spigot 12) Spigot for a barrel 13) Stilt 14) Tree-tapping spigot 15) Wooden plug 16) Wooden spigot
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1) Bung 2) Piling 3) Stilt
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A spile is a small wooden or metal peg used to control the flow of air into, and carbon dioxide out of, a cask of ale. It also can be used to obtain water from a tree. ==Ale use== Cask ale is served without externally supplied carbon dioxide or nitrogen. The idea that it is served `flat` with no bubbles at all, though, is a misconception; proper.....
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device for tapping sap from maple trees
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• (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. • (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. • (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. • (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cas...
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A plug used to close a hole in a barrel, cask or flask.
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1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. ... 2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. ... 3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent. ... Origin: Cf. LG. Spile, dial. G. Speil, speiler, D. ...
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Spile noun [ Confer LG.
spile , dial. German
speil ,
speiler , Dutch
spijl . √170.]
1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
3. A...
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Spile transitive verb To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
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A small wooden peg used to plug a hole in a cask at the bottom of a stow after it has been drilled to retrieve a sample. This allows samples to be taken easily without having to unload the whole stow to access the bunghole.
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noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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