| Spile 1. (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. 2. (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. 3. (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. 4. (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. Thesaurus Entries bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, leg, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, pale, palisade, peg, picket, pile, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, shank, spigot, spike, spill, stake, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve |