Maple Tree This tool is called a spile, and the sap drips through it. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Well, dis niggah will try to spile yo 'purty plan. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
But the old fool'll spile all again -- you'll see. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
'Druther see the manatee 'fore I spile good lumber. From Wordnik.com. [Dick in the Everglades] Reference
Won't spile our game like lots o '' Lectric Lights. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891] Reference
You'd 'spile' if you couldn't let off some gas soon. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer] Reference
An 'knowin' t 'much might spile a boy for bein' a Secesher. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
'You should have 'em looked tew, they quite spile your hands. From Wordnik.com. [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Just seems no real cure to seeing the sputtering spile bunged. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or ‘Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It’] Reference
Sunday, and we'uns must spile their meetin 'on de camp ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
Unions are to blame cause some sputtering spile slipped its bung. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case] Reference
He hung a bucket on the spile and topped it with a little tin roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Dirty Life] Reference
Then he hammered a small metal spile into the hole, which was already wet with sap. From Wordnik.com. [The Dirty Life] Reference
I reckon we'll pay yer back for tryin 'to spile our bizness and hurt our reputations. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
Sometimes dey would shoot a hog an 'jist take de hams an' leave de rest dere to spile. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
The first thing the cellarman does is drive a soft spile into the top vent of the cask. From Wordnik.com. [LENNDEVOURS:] Reference
An 'let off the speeches they' re ferful 'll spile. From Wordnik.com. [The Biglow Papers] Reference
Didn't I break his spurit; didn't I spile his sleep!. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia — Complete] Reference
"They're only tryin 'to spile a can," Jenks reassured. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
A war would spile their shippin ', end so they're agin it. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh : a Drama] Reference
An 'for fear he's gettin' spile, I'd geev 'heem castor ile. From Wordnik.com. [Humour of the North] Reference
Hannah'd been cookin ''em up fast so's they wouldn't spile. From Wordnik.com. [Thankful's Inheritance] Reference
Sarvants spile your habits here, and books spite your mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete] Reference
An 'for fear he 's gettin' spile, I 'd geev' heem castor ile. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyageur and Other Poems] Reference
"He'll spile 'em, and not have anything to wear to meetin '.". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus] Reference
Hit him somewheres in the hand; spile his dealin 'fo' a while. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Trail] Reference
I'll let him off lickin 'yo' shoes, he might spile the leather. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Trail] Reference
They cussed, and said the derned ole fool would spile everything. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Crow, Detective] Reference
A hollow spout or spile is then gently tapped into the hole to fit snugly. From Wordnik.com. [Penn State Live] Reference
"That's right, gentlemen; I don't want to spile sport," said the donkey's man. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
Do you think I'd allow yer to spile yer purty face with the fire beatin 'on it?. From Wordnik.com. [Sue, A Little Heroine] Reference
The best time to tap your trees is right now, so get your spile and get tapping!. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchn] Reference
Hammond, and he owes us some, now, and you mustn't put in and spile the trade for us. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way] Reference
Don't s'pose you want him to soak there in your lake, Mr. Merriwell, and spile the water. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block] Reference
You just use as many on 'em as you've a mind; and all you spile I'll fetch you again from hum. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
She's young -- and -- and real good lookin ', and it would be a pity to spile a good match for her. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)] Reference
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