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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spill \Spill\, noun [[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.
3. An instance of spilling.
{Oil spill}, an accidental release of oil, usually into the ocean, due to damage to an oil tanker or uncontrolled release from an underwater well.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spill \Spill\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spill \Spill\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spill \Spill\, verb (used without an object)
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) 2.0 [wn]:
spill
noun
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}]
verb
1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: {slop}, {splatter}]
2: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: {run out}]
3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: {shed}, {disgorge}]
4: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" [syn: {shed}, {pour forth}]
5: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: {talk}] [also: {spilt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
196 Moby Thesaurus words for "spill": Mystik tape, Scotch tape, accident, acknowledge, adhesive tape, admit, admit everything, allow, alluvion, alluvium, avow, babble, band, bandage, batten, be indiscreet, be unguarded, belt, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blurt, blurt out, brand, bung, butane lighter, capsizal, capsize, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cellophane tape, check valve, cigarette lighter, cloth tape, cock, come clean, concede, confess, consume, cop a plea, cork, cropper, culbute, deluge, dive, dribble, drip, drop, engulf, engulfment, exhaust, expend, fall, fascia, faucet, fillet, firebrand, flambeau, flint, flint and steel, flood, flop, forced landing, friction tape, girdle, give away, grant, header, igniter, inform, inform on, inundate, inundation, lath, leak, leakage, let drop, let fall, let on, let slip, lid, light, lighter, ligula, ligule, list, lose, masking tape, open up, out with it, outpouring, overbrim, overfill, overflow, overflowing, overrun, overrunning, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, own, own up, peach, peg, pin, plank, plastic tape, plead guilty, plug, plunge, portfire, pour out, pour over, pratfall, rat, reveal a secret, revolution, ribband, ribbon, run, run over, sea cock, shred, sing, slat, slip, slop, slosh, somersault, somerset, sparker, spatter, spend, spigot, spike, spile, spill it, spill out, spill over, spill the beans, spillage, spit it out, splash, spline, sprawl, spray, squab, squeal, stool, stop, stopgap, stopper, stopple, strake, strap, strip, strop, stumble, submerge, submersion, subversion, swamp, sweep, taenia, talk, tap, tape, tape measure, tapeline, taper, tattle, tattle on, tell all, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, tell the truth, the Deluge, the Flood, throw out, ticker tape, torch, trip, tumble, turnover, upset, upturn, use up, valve, washout, waste, whelm, whelming
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
spill {register spilling}
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