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spilln.1

Brit. /spɪl/, U.S. /spɪl/
Forms: Middle English spille, Middle English–1500s spyll(e, 1500s–1600s spil, 1600s– spill.
Etymology: Of doubtful origin; apparently in some way related to spile n.2
1.
a. A splinter; a sharp-pointed fragment of wood, bone, etc.; a slip or sliver.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off
spoonc725
spillc1300
sliverc1374
splinter1398
sprotea1400
speelc1440
spelkc1440
splinderc1440
spilderc1475
spalea1500
spelcha1605
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > splinter
shiverc1275
spillc1300
spelda1375
splint1398
splinter1398
slicea1400
splinderc1440
spilderc1475
spelder1530
spell1545
splitter1546
spleter1548
spilt1577
shivering1589
skilfer1598
spelcha1605
slifter1606
spilter?1646
slappet1768
c1300 Beket 850 We suspendieth such consail, for hit his noȝt worth a Spille.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11119 Pirrus with payn puld of his brest The spyll of his speire.
1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. G.iii Beware..that ye staye not your selfe vnto a bryttell staffe, for it wyll brast in spylles and perce thorowe your handes.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iii. 23 What boots it..to reserue their reliques many yeares, Their siluer-spurs, or spils of broken speares.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 283 This herb..draweth forth of the body any spils whatsoeuer.
1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 43 Divine justice..maketh..the spils of the staff on which he leaned to run into his hands.
1748 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper App. ii. 123 Taking out all such lints, spills, and other things which will not receive the dye.
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 527 To preserve the edge of the tool, thin spills of hard wood are sometimes placed between the cutter and the bar.
1863 Good Words Apr. 282/1 Like what are called spills in the game of spillikins.
figurative.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxi. 263 This matter of usurie, the onely spill or bone (as it were) between, that seemed to hinder the uniting of their hearts.
b. technical. (See quots. 1843 –1954.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > seams
spill1843
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 197 The scrap-iron is some~times twisted during the process of manufacture, to lay all the filaments like a rope, and prevent the formation of spills, or the longitudinal dirty seams found on the surface of inferior iron.
1904 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct.–Dec. 204 The reader will observe..a flaw technically termed a ‘spill’, the result of a small hollow or depression near the surface of the ingot, which, in the process of rolling has been closed, but which, in the extending process of pressing the metal into a case has again been opened & made manifest.
1954 A. R. Bailey Text-bk. Metall. xi. 377 Cavities near the surface..are likely to become opened up during working, become oxidised and fail to weld up, thus forming surface oxide laminations, sometimes known as spills.
2.
a. A thin slip of wood, a folded or twisted piece of paper, used for lighting a candle, pipe, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting
wax tapera1398
match1519
brimstone match1594
card match1654
spunk1755
light1787
spill1821
lighter1828
candle-paper1829
fidibus1829
Promethean1829
sulphur-match1830
pipelight1842
candle-lighter1855
kitchen match1862
spiller1936
1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 14 Nov. (1971) 268 Harriet performed to admiration as Fire eater—I held lamp..and lighted spills which she seemed to devour.
1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 99 Long thin splinters of wood used in farm houses for lighting candles are called spills.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xiii. 272 She had separated a slip of paper for lighting tapers—a spill, as it is called—into fragments.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 68 The children stand in a ring; one lights a spill of paper and passes it on.
b. elliptical. A spill-holder in the form of a cylindrical jar; also, an umbrella-holder of similar form.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > cylindrical
drum1785
cylinder1791
gas cylinder1807
bottle1868
spill1895
1895 Army & Navy Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 318 Oriental Goods:..Spills: 6 in., pair 1/8.
1895 Army & Navy Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 318 Umbrella Spills, 25 in. high, 9 in. diameter.
3. technical. (See quot. 1875 and cf. spile n.2 3.)
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > peg to stop spike-hole
spile1750
spill1875
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Spill (Shipwrighting), a small peg used to stop the hole left by a spike when drawn out.
4. Mining. (See quot. 1881.)
ΚΠ
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 178 Spills, Corn[wall], long thick laths or poles driven ahead horizontally around the door~frames, in running levels in loose ground.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 2), as spill-box, spill-case, spill cup, spill-holder, spill-jar, spill pot, spill vase.
ΚΠ
1847 A. Smith Stuck-up People 84 It was termed a spill~case, to be sold, with similar ones, at a guinea the pair.
1851 Parker's Jrnl. 5 Apr. 185/2 The mantelpiece is probably painted to imitate marble, and on it are placed two ‘spill-holders’ of perforated card, with bouquets worked in silk on each.
1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 181 Spill Cups.
1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. x. 362 The..well-filled spill-holder and match-box on the mantel-shelf.
1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6860 Several pairs of spill pots, various designs.
1866 C. E. L. Riddell Race for Wealth xix He has got a clock on the mantel-shelf,..and spill-boxes,..and cigar-cases.
1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste v. 134 Chimneypiece spill-vases, made of brass,..decorated with a pattern in encaustic colour.
1903 A. Bennett Leonora x. 282 Reaching a second spill from the spill-jar on the mantlepiece.
1978 Country Life 13 Apr. (Suppl.) 38/1 (caption) A Pair of English Porcelain Spill Vases.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

spilln.2

Brit. /spɪl/, U.S. /spɪl/
Forms: Also 1600s spil.
Etymology: apparently < Dutch spil (Middle Dutch spille ) or Low German (Middle Low German) spille, German spille (Old High German spilla ), spindle, axis, pin, stalk, etc., apparently for original *spinla , < spin- spin v. In some senses perhaps associated with spill n.1
†1. A small cylinder upon which yarn is wound; a spool. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long, narrow and straight object
sticka1475
wand1508
spill1594
rod1820
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > spool or bobbin
spoolc1325
pirn1440
rocket1440
quillc1450
bobbin1530
reed1530
spill1594
twill1664
ratchet1728
pirnie1776
runner1784
reel1785
spindle1837
1594 Willobie his Auisa xl. f. 38 Her Spill was neuer fully spone, For night vndid that day had done.
1594 Willobie his Auisa xli. f. 39 The Spindle that you see me driue, Hath fyld the spill so often trend.
1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 604 I will, now (as the vse in spinning is) that I haue..twisted this threed, briefly wind it vpon the spill.
2.
a. A rod or stalk of wood, metal, etc.
ΚΠ
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 134 A Sepulchre of Cipresse sweete they stall, Their Barricados neere, and highest spill Of Palme tree, with his boughs orespreads it all.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30v The Oysters..haue a peculiar dredge, which is a thicke strong net, fastned to three spils of yron, and drawne at the boates sterne.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 124v One of the boyes, conuerted the spill of an old candlesticke to a gunne.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon v. 118 A bridle..should be fixed on the beam by a nut and screw, and passed down the spill with a lip, to grasp the head end of the sole.
1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 190/2 The ‘button clack..was a disc of metal with a central spill or stalk, which rose and fell in a guide.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 236 By using more packing, or a larger spill, the same bit may be used to bore several sizes out of a barrel.
†b. A stem-like root. Also spill-root. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun]
moreeOE
rootc1175
master-rootc1330
rootinga1400
radix1558
leg1597
taproot1601
top-root1651
tuberous root1668
heart-root1669
pivot1725
spill1766
tap1796
tutty-more1873
pneumatophore1891
stem root1901
heart-root1903
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 29 Mr. Lewis says it [sc. burnet~haulm] runs down in a spill six or eight inches.
1796 Trans. Soc. Arts 14 260 I do not suppose the transplanted ones will answer, having but one spill-root.
c. Of a gun: = nipple n. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > nipple
nipple1822
spill1823
pivot1835
1823 J. Day Specif. Patent 4861 Nipple or spill to receive the copper percussion caps.
3. A pin or slender rod upon which anything turns; a spindle.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > on which anything turns
swivel1307
pivot1398
gudgeon1496
turning-pin1591
tampion1611
trunniona1625
pole1633
swipple1691
spill1731
millier1778
turn-pin1862
hinge-pin1881
1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 337 This is to be kept in Motion by a Gut-string (as the Spill of a Spinning-Turn is moved).
1763 Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 510 A large spill of iron, on which there is a brass weather-cock.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 74 It is remarkable that the spill was found in the bell-chamber, and the weather-cock in the battlements.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1486. 671 The spill that connects the handles and keys with the lever that acts on the catch [of the lock].
1888– in s.w. dial. glossaries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† spilln.3

Etymology: Of doubtful origin: perhaps < spill v.
slang. Obsolete.
a. A small gift of money; a tip.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip
bountethc1440
gratitude1535
vail1605
gratulance1608
gratilitya1616
spill1675
baksheesh1686
simony1707
perquisite1721
tip1755
grace1769
buckshee1773
mancia1798
bonus1834
pouch1880
gravy1910
étrenne1928
sling1948
small1962
toke1971
1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit ii. 29 Give a spill to my Watch, and my Grace shall drink your health in Claret.
1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit v. 81 Never make a bustle on your Wedding-day, give the Constable a spill.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 173 The Bishops who consecrated this Ground, were wont to have a Spill or Sportule from the credulous Laity.
a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) i. 12 I will..give him a good spill for his resignation, into the bargain.
b. Const. of (money).
ΚΠ
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) T iij For a small Spill of Money, he was..my Friend.
a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) ii. 34 For a little spill of money, he may put us in a way to get our daughter out.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 230 All dead but Gypsey Gab, and he would go off the country for a spill of money.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

spilln.4

Brit. /spɪl/, U.S. /spɪl/
Etymology: < spill v.
1. A throw from a horse or vehicle; a fall or tumble; an upset. to take a spill: to suffer a fall.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates)
falla1400
ruin1483
tumbling?1523
cast1530
tumble1716
spilla1845
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal
to light lowc1225
wendc1300
to seek to the earth or groundc1330
tumblea1375
stretchc1400
to take a fall1413
to blush to the eartha1500
to come down1603
to go to grassa1640
to be floored1826
to take a spilla1845
to come (fall, get) a cropper1858
to hunt grass1872
to come (also have) a buster1874
to hit the deck1954
a1845 R. H. Barham Blasphemer's Warning in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 236 Cursing his fill At his courser because he had given him ‘a spill’.
1876 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 July 493/1 During the struggle [in polo]..mishaps now and then occur—happy if only a spill.
1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xv. 165 The coach rocked, they were sharp on a spill midway of the last descent.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 29/6 Even the best skier can take a spill.
2.
a. A downpouring or dropping of liquid; a quantity spilled; spec. = oil spill n. at oil n.1 Compounds 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of spilling or that which is spilled > [noun]
spiltha1616
spillings1772
spilla1849
sloppage1884
spillage1934
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined > spilling out > instance of
spiltha1616
spilla1849
slop-over1908
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined > spilling out > instance of > specifically of oil
oil spill1934
spill1972
a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 482 If a spill of my heart's blood could be of any comfort to the poor creature, he should be welcome to it.
1888 Harper's Mag. Dec. 87 Soon the rain left off for a moment, gathering itself together again for another spill.
1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xvii. 178 Equipment and practices designed for safety and reliability are the first line of defense against oil spills and pollution. Should a spill occur, however, advance planning can reduce its severity.
1975 Petroleum Rev. 29 237/3 The ability of present-day booms to contain a spill is limited to good weather conditions.
b. A channel or passage for the escape of surplus water; a ‘spill-way’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun] > structure for receiving surplus liquid
spillway1889
spill1900
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water > for surplus water
sluicea1552
watershoot1599
offlet?1744
dale1851
waste-way1881
spill1900
1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 July 2/1 The waters flow down many spills and channels, though at present there are two main branches.
3. Nautical. A slight breeze.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > gentle wind
auraa1398
breathc1400
air1535
gentle gale1567
zephyr1567
pirriea1614
breeze1626
gentle breeze1635
pirra1722
gale1728
zephyret1777
spill1899
1899 Daily News 20 July 8/3 They found a spill from the stern again taking the ships on the starboard aft.
4. A diffusion of light, esp. beyond the area intended to be illuminated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > [noun] > flood or diffusion beyond focus
flood1860
spill1952
1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 22 Baffle, any suitable sheet of material used to prevent a spill of light where not necessary.
1972 ‘T. Coe’ Don't lie to Me (1974) i. 4 Her features..hard to read in the dim spill from a nearby streetlight.
1977 P. Scupham Hinterland 9 A spill Of light poured off rough drapery As blacks and whites and ochre tones Work shifts about the curtain wall.
5. Australian Politics. A vacating of other posts after one important change of office.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] > of other offices after one important change
spill1956
1956 J. T. Lang I Remember 311 There had to be an annual election of leader. That made it inevitable that some members would intrigue against the leader hoping for a Cabinet spill.
1974 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 July 3/1 After Mr. Tucker's election as new party leader, Mr. Dean (Sandgate) moved for a ‘spill’ of all other Opposition front bench positions.
1975 Australian 18 Mar. 1 It will be left to Mr Fraser's supporters to force the issue and move against Mr Snedden through either a spill of leadership positions or a motion of no confidence.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
spill-proof adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > without leak or tight > specific
watertight1489
wind-tight1507
wind and water tighta1550
weatherproof1647
weather-tight1648
wind-fast1648
airtight1728
steam-tight1765
waterproofed1813
gas-tight1819
acid-proof1844
gas-proof1846
oil-tight1847
mudproof1897
pressure-tight1899
draught-proof1908
weather-stripped1908
spill-proof1920
vacuum-tight1927
splash-proof1929
vapour-proof1946
1920 E. Butler Internal Combustion Engine Design & Pract. (ed. 2) viii. 138 When used on an automobile, owing to vibration, they [sc. accumulator cells] should be occasionally examined for scaling or other damage, and also for loss of solution, if not spill proof.
1944 W. A. Koehler Princ. & Applic. Electrochem. (ed. 2) II. iv. 69 A portable radio battery with a transparent plastic case and spill-proof cover.
1963 Glamour Oct. 12/1 (advt.) New spray mist! Unbreakable. Spill-proof... Intimate by Revlon.
C2.
spill burner n. a form of burner used in some gas turbines which allows excess fuel to be recirculated.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > turbine > [noun] > parts of > other parts
runner1878
penstock1894
rotor1903
turbofan1911
spill burner1945
1945 Proc. Inst. Mech. Engineers 153 464/2 (caption) o Indicates the condition giving a mean particle size of 200μ: On the spill burner this limit is not attained.
1972 H. Cohen et al. Gas Turbine Theory (ed. 2) vi. 177 A second practical method of obtaining good atomization over a wide range of fuel flow: the spill burner. It is virtually a simplex burner with a passage from the vortex chamber through which excess fuel can be spilled off.
spill valve n. a valve which serves to allow the escape of surplus fluid.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others
washer1596
turncock1702
air cock1709
Jack-in-the-box1728
runner1754
stop-valve1829
three-way cock1838
ball valve1839
relief valve1846
poppet valve1851
plunger valve1854
pot-lid1856
reflux valve1857
screw-down1864
mica valve1880
tide flap1884
tube-valve1884
swing-tap1892
relay valve1894
Schrader1895
pilot valve1900
mixer valve1904
spool valve1908
spill valve1922
safety valving1930
three-way1939
1922 Trans. Inst. Engineers & Shipbuilders Scotland LXV. 421 This spill valve opens from the discharge chamber of the pump and is worked by the same lever as actuates the pump plunger.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) ii. 30 At a predetermined moment, this outlet is closed and fuel is then forced to the engine cylinder until a second outlet (commonly called a spill valve) is opened so as to release the pressure and return the surplus oil to the supply side of the system.
1975 T. D. Morton Reed's Motor Engin. Knowledge for Marine Engineers iii. 77 A fuel spill valve (pneumatically loaded) maintains rail pressure as decided at the controls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spillv.

Brit. /spɪl/, U.S. /spɪl/
Forms: Past tense and participle spilled, spilt. Forms: infinitive Old English–Middle English spillan, Middle English spillen, Middle English spyllyn; Middle English–1500s spille, Middle English–1500s spylle, Middle English–1700s spil, 1500s spyl(l; Middle English– spill. past tense Old English–Middle English spilde (Middle English spild), Middle English spilede, Middle English spillide, spyllede, Middle English, 1600s– spilled; Middle English spilte, Middle English spylt, Middle English–1500s spylte, Middle English– spilt. past participle Old English gespilled, -od, Middle English i-spilled, Middle English–1500s spylled, Middle English– spilled (1600s spill'd); Old English, Middle English–1500s spild (1500s spilde), Middle English i-spild (Middle English i-spilde, i-spyld, y-spild, Middle English y-spyld); Old English, Middle English– spilt (Middle English, 1500s spilte), Middle English y-spilt(e, y-spylt, Middle English–1500s spylt(e.
Etymology: Old English spillan, = Middle Dutch and Dutch spillen, Middle Low German and Low German spillen, German (ver)spillen, North Frisian spille, spilj, obscurely related to the synonymous Old English spildan, = Old Saxon spildian (Middle Low German and Middle Dutch spilden), Old High German (obsolete German) spilden. It is not clear which of the two forms is represented by Old Norse spilla (Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish spilla, Danish spilde), which may partly have contributed to the Middle English uses of the word.
I. To destroy or waste, and related uses.
1.
a. transitive. To destroy by depriving of life; to put (or bring) to death; to slay or kill.Common c1300–1600. Now Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xx. 16 [He] cymeð & spilleð buendo ðas.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xi. 53 Of ðæm dæge..geðohton [hia] þætte hine spildon uel acuoeldon.
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1096 Ðær wearð eac Eoda..þæs cynges aðum..& sumne man to Lundene lædde, & þær spilde.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Ȝif heo nulluð nefre..gan to bote, hit is riht þet me hem spille.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8419 Let heom alle for-don spillen & æc an-hon.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 348 With þis Askebert heo spac, þis child to slen and spille.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4806 Androcheus saw his felon wille, Þat þe kyng þoughte hym to spille.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 253 [Þey] hadde leuere be lost and i-spilde þan be vnderlynges and seruauntes.
1418–20 in Archaeol. (1827) XXI. 72 Whan thay had hym so gretly agylte, And of hys men meny one spylte.
c1489 J. Skelton Dethe Erle of Northumberlande l. 106 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 10 Alas for pite! that Percy thus was spylt, The famous Erle of Northumberland.
a1545 Now synge We ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 144 Thus was I spylt, Man, for thy gylte, And not for myne.
?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 47 O Greece, thou spillest more men with ciuil war[r]es.., than woulde defende thy state against all the worlde.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 7 Caring no more in their fury to spill a man, then to kill a dogge.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 154 Then if mine old line he must spill There let God save him if he will.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 205 How many for Helen death did spill!
b. Contrasted with save.
ΚΠ
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Ariadne. 1917 So that the site was al at his wille To sauyn hem hym leste or ellis spille.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3997 Þe kyng may don his will Sauen þat Percien oiþer hym spille.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. viii. 13 b Ye may me saue and spill with a woord.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiv Surely it is I that all may saue and spyll.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 170 Thow may me saif, thow may me spill, Baith lyfe and deide lyis in thy will.
1620–16 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes 631 in Wks. (1880) II. 14 Loue cry'd out, Hold; for better sau'd, then spill'd; But Feare cry'd, Kill.
c. reflexive. To destroy or kill (oneself).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (reflexive)]
murderc1175
spill1390
spoil1578
to make away1581
massacre1591
misdo1599
self-murder1648
to lay violent hands on (or upon)1662
to make away with1667
to rip up1807
suicide1818
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 328 In this wise himself he spilte With his folhaste and deth he nam.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 4368 For into teris þouȝ þou al distille, And rende þi silfe, as þou woldest þe spille.
c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 435 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 81 He..oft-tyme wes in to wil hyme-self in-to þe flud to spil.
c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 68 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 221 My wyfe soroweth in her partye; I feare that she wyll her selfe spyll.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. x. 203 Gif thou list pas, quod scho, thi self to spill.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 36v Quhilk spilt hir self for luif of Pyramus.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. xvii. 207 Thou first didst conquer vs; then rays'd our skill To vanquish others; here our selues to spill.
†d. absol. To cause death or slaughter. Frequently contrasted with save, spare, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [verb (intransitive)]
slayc893
to make martyrdomc1325
spill1390
to make martyre?a1400
overkill1946
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 114 For he to spille and noght to save Is schape, as thogh he were ded.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16330 Ne wat þou þat þe pouste es min to spill or latte ga?
a1400–50 Alexander 1318 With þat Bucifalon..he brased in þe side, Springis out with a spere, spillis at þe gaynest.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 3317 Vn-to þe tyme þei haue of þe toun..ful possessioun, At her fre wil to spillen and to saue.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 233 For he hath the pour of the princes alle, To saue or spylle.
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 78 Women ought to..spyll with Camma, to kyll with Lucrece.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 119 Thinking no reuenge more princely, than to spare when she might spill.
1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 64, in Parl. Vertues Royal I know it farre more honorable To saue then spill (in Cases tollerable).
a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 72 To save where you may spill, proclaims your Goodness.
2. To destroy or put an end to (life). Now archaic.In later use perhaps associated with sense 9.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person > destroy life
spillc950
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xvii. 33 Seðe suahuelc soecað sauel his hal gewyrca spilleð hia.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 1062 Miȝth she haue yfounde a knijf, She had yspilt sone her lijf.
c1430 Sir Gener. (Roxb.) 9738 Thogh my life in erth be spilt, Gladly I wold my soul saue.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxxv. 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seeke my soule to spill.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii8 I..Badd her commaund my life to saue, or spill.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. H6v Ay me! that dreary death such lovely life should spill.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xii. 249 Behold his life spilled, whilest wicked Balaams was spared in journey.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 4 You must carry your body steddily, or els spill your life.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxii. 89 But trust me, that, if life be spilt,..in Arthur's grace, Gyneth shall lose a daughter's place.
†3.
a. To destroy, ruin, or overthrow (a person); to bring to ruin or misery. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy oneself [verb (reflexive)]
spillc950
waste1548
wrack1564
spoil1578
ruin1585
consume1606
death warrant1721
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person
spillc950
amarOE
smitelOE
aspillc1175
mischievec1325
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
mara1375
fordoc1380
undo1390
wrack1564
to make roast meat of (also for)1565
wrake1567
wreck1590
speed1594
feeze1609
to do a person's business1667
cook1708
to settle a person's hash1795
diddle1806
to fix1836
raddle1951
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John vi. 39 Þætte all þæt salde me ne ic losige uel þætte ic ne spillo.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14403 Ah he nes noht iseli. þat wes for un-leoden spilden al his þeoden.
c1275 in Old Eng. Misc. 144 Þat folk worþ eft wroþe i-spild þe nule to hire turne.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13624 Þer hardinesse þem seluen spild!
c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 326 Ful ofte for to muche speche Hath many a man been spilt as clerkes teche.
c1425 MS Digby 233 f. 224 b/1 Necligence & mysavisement spilleth, perscheth, & leseth hem þat ben vnkunnynge.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. ii. 1 We ought moche more to attende vnto tho thynges which we have herde, lest we be spilt.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 387 This spoyle to speede our selues, and spill our brethren, in this lamentable and vnmercifull manner.
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 25 Hee walkes any way, to spill any man, by any meanes.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. M3 Why had the first-made-man such a loose will, That his innumerous of-spring he should fouly spill.
reflexive.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17226 But i þat es sa dedli dill, Me spedis ai me-self to spill, Wit my flexsli lust to fill.c1450 Urbanitatis (Calig. A.ii) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 15 With fayr speche þou may haue þy wylle, And with þy speche þou may þe spylle.c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 148 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 73 Quhen man for his gylt brekand my byding hym-self spilt.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi Some fall to foly them selfe for to spyll.1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 47 I will either spoile him, or spill my selfe.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 20 So full of artlesse iealousie is guilt, It spills it selfe, in fearing to be spylt. View more context for this quotation
†b. To destroy or ruin (the soul) by offending, or causing to offend, against moral laws. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (intransitive)]
spillc1290
deprave1482
smita1500
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person > the soul
spillc1290
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [verb (transitive)] > destroy
spillc1290
annihilate1640
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 131 Þe honour of holi churche he lore, and is soule he miȝte so spille.
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1320 And welthes..þe saul of man may lightly spille.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2902 Mony mon for þaire awen wil þaire body and þaire saule wil spil.
1509 S. Hawes Conuercyon Swerers (de Worde) 29 Wo worthe couetyse that dothe your soules spyll.
1556 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 246 Other..lamented, to see him spill his soul, wretchedly.
1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 110 So the least sinne..vncontrolled [is sufficient] to spill the soule.
†c. To injure in respect of character; to spoil morally. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)]
defacec1325
spill1377
rust1493
vitiate1534
abastard1573
invitiate1598
vilify1615
demoralize1794
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 41 Who-so spareth þe sprynge, spilleth his children.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 139 Ho so spareþ þe spring spilleþ hus children.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1990 It stant apone thi will For to omend thi puple, or to spill; Or have thi court of vertewis folk, or fullis.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Cviv Gentlemen vouchesauffe to corrupte and spill none but picked and chosen men.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xcix. 254 Verily, we know not what an evil it is to spill and indulge ourselves and to make an idol of our will.
1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 84 The common saying is: spare the Rod and spill the Child.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 61 Love is a Boy, by Poets styl'd, Then Spare the rod, and spill the Child.
†4.
a. To wreck, destroy, or devastate; to spoil or ruin by demolition, etc. Obsolete.Frequently from c1400 to c1620. In first quot. c950 absol.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin
spillc950
fellOE
to cast downc1230
destroy1297
to turn up?c1335
to throw down1340
to ding downc1380
to break downa1382
subverta1382
underturn1382
to take downc1384
falla1400
to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400
voida1400
brittenc1400
to burst downc1440
to pull downc1450
pluck1481
tumble1487
wreck1510
defacea1513
confound1523
raze1523
arase1530
to beat downc1540
ruinate1548
demolish1560
plane1562
to shovel down1563
race?1567
ruin1585
rape1597
unwall1598
to bluster down16..
raise1603
level1614
debolish1615
unbuilda1616
to make smooth work of1616
slight1640
to knock down1776
squabash1822
collapse1883
to turn over1897
mash1924
rubble1945
to take apart1978
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 10 Ðeaf ne cymes buta þætte gestele & eteð & losað uel spilleð.
c1125 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1125 On ðes ilces geares wearð swa micel flod..þet feola tunes & men weorðan adrencte,..& corn & mædwe spilt mid ealle.
c1225 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 48 The strong fend..Godes hondiwerc he spilde, For on appel of the tree.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 720 A-ganis godd wex he sa gril Þat al his werk he wend to spil.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 129 Vor þou art ase þe ilke þet slepþ ine þe ssipe þet is yspild.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3904 Her behestes manly to fulfille, Towardis Troye, þe cite for to spille.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 731 Palyce thai spylt, gret towris can confound.
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 16v The dogges kepe away wylde beastis, that they spille not the frute.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 46 Let Iuye be killed, or tree wilbe spilled.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 39 Conyza strewed, the haunt of serpents spills.
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. Q2v The Mother-Waspes were many at first; yet the Rainie Spring and Summer, did so spill their nests, that there were no small Waspes seene till Libra.
†b. With immaterial object. Obsolete.Not always clearly distinguishable from 5d.
ΚΠ
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Pref. Epist. Jerome v Verreye wisdom shal spil the fals wisdom.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xli. 31 The greetnes of myseys is to spille the greetnes of plentithe.
a1400 Sir Perc. 1336 A sadde stroke I salle one hym sett His pride for to spylle!
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2150 Þat feyndus powere y dude þo spylle By help of þo angels, þat comen me to.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 134 Man, I gaif the nocht fre will, That thow suld my Gospell spill.
1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. I3 Naturally Contraries spill each other.
5.
†a. To despoil or deprive of something. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1124 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1124 Six men [wæron] spilde of here ægon & of here stanes.
†b. To deprive of chastity; to violate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > a woman
forliec1275
defoulc1290
dishonour1393
defilea1400
file?a1400
spilla1400
foilc1440
diviciatec1470
foul?1473
fulyie1505
vitiate1547
dishonest1565
fray1567
out1922
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 3256 Doþ be me al ȝoure wille, Schel he neuer eft wimman spille!
c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 350 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 218 [She] sad, þat he agane hir will hyre difforsit, & sa cane spill.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 164 Both wiffis, wedowis, thai tuk all at thair will, Nonnys, madyns, quham thai likit to spill.
c. To spoil by injuring or damaging in some way; to render imperfect or useless; to destroy the goodness or value of (a thing). Now only dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)]
mareOE
shendOE
hinderc1000
amarOE
awemc1275
noyc1300
touchc1300
bleche1340
blemisha1375
spill1377
misdoa1387
grieve1390
damagea1400
despoil?a1400
matea1400
snapea1400
mankc1400
overthrowa1425
tamec1430
undermine1430
blunder1440
depaira1460
adommage?1473
endamage1477
prejudicec1487
fulyie1488
martyra1500
dyscrase?1504
corrupt1526
mangle1534
danger1538
destroy1542
spoil1563
ruinate1564
ruin1567
wrake1570
injury1579
bane1587
massacre1589
ravish1594
wrong1595
rifle1604
tainta1616
mutilea1618
to do violence toa1625
flaw1665
stun1676
quail1682
maul1694
moil1698
damnify1712
margullie1721
maul1782
buga1790
mux1806
queer1818
batter1840
puckeroo1840
rim-rack1841
pretty1868
garbage1899
savage1899
to do in1905
strafe1915
mash1924
blow1943
nuke1967
mung1969
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 442 [I have] yspilte many a tyme Bothe flesche & fissche and many other vitailles.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6774 If i lent þe suilkin beist, þat ded be or spilt at leist.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 4 On him spild I my spere And mycull of my nothir gere.
1532–3 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 151 Item, to him for hors spilt in the Kingis service,..xl li.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. i. 115 They not onely giue it no maner of grace at all, but rather do disfigure the stuffe and spill the whole workmanship.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxiv. 8) 271 Too much severity overthroweth, and quite spilleth a tender minde.
1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 112 When he Brewed, he would not suffer any Sacrifice to be given to Brouny, whereupon the..Brewings were spilt and for no use.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 148 Ae scabbit yew spills twenty flocks.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xiv. 246 If you've got anything as can be spilt or broke,..she'll be at it.
d. With immaterial object. Obsolete or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally
atterc885
hurtc1200
marc1225
appair1297
impair1297
spilla1300
emblemishc1384
endull1395
blemishc1430
depaira1460
depravea1533
deform1533
envenom1533
vitiate1534
quail1551
impeach1563
subvert1565
craze1573
taint1573
spoil1578
endamage1579
qualify1584
stain1584
crack1590
ravish1594
interess1598
invitiate1598
corrupt1602
venom1621
depauperate1623
detriment1623
flaw1623
embase1625
ungold1637
murder1644
refract1646
depress1647
addle1652
sweal1655
butcher1659
shade1813
mess1823
puckeroo1840
untone1861
blue1880
queer1884
dick1972
forgar-
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26841 Qua all fulfilles þe laght, and in a point it spilles, He sal be plighti for þis an.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 926 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 90 Þat oþir worthit me do [h]is will, or halely my purpos spill.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxviii. 157 Of her..that of her falshede..breketh and spylleth her holy sacrament of maryage.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 142 He that dois all his best servyis May spill it all..Be fowll inoportunitie.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12736 Whille he faryn was to fight in a fer lond, Sho spilt hade hir spousaile.
1568 T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 148 She geues him leaue to range his fill, Full loth she is his sporte to spill.
1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 13 For cares cause Kinges full oft their sleepe to spill.
c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. ix. §5 In al quhilk, if a man change the accent, he sall spill the sound of the word.
1632 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xxii. 87 If ye mar or spill that business, ye cannot come back to mend that piece of work again.
1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 115 These to repeat braid spoken I wad spill, Altho' I should employ my utmost skill.
1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 92 Tak' tent..the sport ye dinna spill.
†6.
a. To waste by scattering, squandering, or misusing; to employ or expend wastefully. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste
spilla1000
scatter1154
aspilla1250
rospa1325
waste1340
spend1390
consumec1425
waste1474
miswenda1500
forsumea1510
to cast away1530
to throw away1561
embezzle1578
squander1593
palter1595
profuse1611
squander1611
ravel1614
sport1622
to fool away1628
to stream out1628
to fribble away1633
sweal1655
frisk1665
to fiddle away1667
wantonize1673
slattera1681
swattle1681
drivel1686
swatter1690
to muddle away1707
squander1717
sot1746
slattern1747
meisle1808
fritter1820
waster1821
slobber1837
to cut to waste1863
fringe1863
potter1883
putter1911
profligate1938
to piddle away1942
haemorrhage1978
spaff2002
a1000 in J. Stevenson Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840) 55 Ic gisette ðec ofer cynno & ofer rico þæte..[ðv] to worpa & ðv spilla [L. disperdas et dissipes].
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 He..spilleð on him þat he sholde spelien wrecche men.
1308 in Ritson Songs & Ball. (1877) 63/96 Throgh ham this lond is ilor To spille ale ant bred.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 380. I..spilte þat myȝte be spared, and spended on somme hungrie.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 47 And to þy mastir be trew, his goodes þat þow not spille.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. lxxxvv Euery founde pyece of his dyuyses, wherin thys good man is content to leyse tyme and spyl paper.
1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Aviiiv When any pore men..were so bolde to calle it yll My landis and goodis in waste to spyll You shet them vp in prisone strong.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 40 All my treasure spente on Iewells, and spilte in iollytie.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island viii. xxix. 114 His spear a spit, a pot-lid broad his shield..: his word, Much better sav'd, then spill'd.
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) i. 186 Men, overloaded with a large estate, May spill their treasure in a nice conceit.
1794 Har'st Rig lxxvii. 26 Nae gude I e'er kent come o' them Gude fude that spill.
†b. To spend (time, speech, labour) fruitlessly or unprofitably; to waste. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > expend (effort, time, or speech) in vain
spilla1225
tinec1330
waste1340
forwaste1563
(a)
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1020 He myhte bet sytte stylle, Vor al his hwile he scolde spille.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 97 For þov nast non more ȝwile to spille, þane speken embe nouȝt.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9354 Al a wyke þe kyng þer lay, He spilte his tyme, sped of no pray.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 466 Ech man to..Spynnen, and spek of god, and spille no tyme.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 12462 Ȝe don but spillen ȝoure tyme jn veyn.
(b)a1225 Juliana 24 Speche þu maht spillen ant ne speden nawiht.a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1027 Ne sunge ich hom neuer so longe, Mi song were i-spild ech del.c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 69 Þar-aboute þou spillest þi brethþ.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 97 He doth best, þat with-draweth hym..To spille any speche.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 82 He spilleth many a word in wast That schal with such a poeple trete.1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 Ner thou spekist not sternely to hem,..ne spillest no wynde for pride.a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 43 Leve þi sweryng, & spill not þi wynde.a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xi. i Since I do trust Iehoua still, Your fearfull wordes why do you spill?(c)c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 153 This holde I for a verray nycetee To spille labour for to kepe wyues.?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 14 Ellis þou mayst spyl alle þi laber þere aboute.
†7.
a. intransitive. To perish; to be destroyed or lost. Obsolete.Frequently from c1300 to c1550.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] > be killed
to be deadc1000
fallOE
spilla1300
suffera1616
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) toa1774
to lose the number of one's mess1807
to go up1825
to get his (also hers, theirs)1903
to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916
click1917
not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1923
to get the works1928
to go for a burton1941
(to get) the chop or chopper1945
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in quality or character
forworthc1000
wearc1275
spilla1300
defadec1325
pall?c1335
forlinec1374
sinka1500
degender1539
degener1545
degenerate1545
dwindle1598
degenerize1606
disflourish1640
deflourish1656
waste1669
tarnish1678
devolve1830
honeycomb1868
bastardize1878
slush1882
a1300 K. Horn 194 Nu þu miȝt us slen,..Bute ȝef hit beo þi wille Helpe þat we ne spille.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 182 Spilþ ofte þet ssip þet geþ zikerliche ine þe heȝe ze.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1535 Mi perles paramours, my pleye & my ioye, spek to me spakli, or i spille sone.
1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) 11 But, Lord! late nevere mannes soule spylle.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 13 Suche a derth and hongyr..þat all negh spylleden for defawte.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 8 Yff thy syn be never so yll, Yet for no syn thou shalt spyll.
1592 S. Daniel Delia xxxvi, in Wks. (Grosart) I. 61 Her sight consented thus to see me spill.
†b. To go to ruin. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end
losec888
fallOE
forlesea1225
perishc1275
spilla1300
to go to wreche13..
to go to the gatec1330
to go to lostc1374
miscarryc1387
quenchc1390
to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrakea1400
mischieve?a1400
tinea1400
to go to the devilc1405
bursta1450
untwindc1460
to make shipwreck1526
to go to (the) pot1531
to go to wreck (and ruin)a1547
wrake1570
wracka1586
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
to lie in the dusta1591
mischief1598
to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin)1599
shipwreck1607
suffera1616
unravel1643
to fall off1684
tip (over) the perch1699
to do away with1769
to go to the dickens1833
collapse1838
to come (also go) a mucker1851
mucker1862
to go up1864
to go to squash1889
to go (to) stramash1910
to go for a burton1941
to meet one's Makera1978
a1300 Cursor Mundi 516 Adam..was wroght þan þe tent ordir for to fullfill, þat lucifer did for to spill.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 532 Seand the realme in sic ane poynt to spill.
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. v. 48 Bot now..Sho moste be keipit or all will spill.
†c. To meet with bad fortune. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] > suffer misfortune or a mishap
mishappenc1230
mishapc1385
mistidec1390
spill1390
misbetide?a1400
misfalla1400
mistime1402
misfortune?a1425
misbefallc1450
miscapea1535
mischancea1542
to come home by unhappinessc1555
mislucka1617
buy1825
pratfall1940
schlimazel1963
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 88 And natheles gret diligence Thei setten vpon thilke dede, And spille more than thei spede.
8. To fall off or decline in respect of good qualities; to degenerate or deteriorate, to spoil. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΚΠ
?a1300 Solomon & Saturn 271 Mote hit al habben is wille Woltou, nultou, hit wol spille, Ant bicome a fule.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 232 Þet þe guodnesse of maydenhod ne spille ine þe.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 1719 Alisaunder! þou conion wood, In þe spilleþ þi faye blood.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 23 How your courte by-gynnyth to spill off duoghty knightis all by-dene.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman iii. vii. sig. s.v My goodes spylle dayly, ye heritage of myn auncestry perissheth.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Thus from my comforte I gynne to spylle, syth she that shulde me solace, is ferre fro my presence.
1574–5 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 432 That the tymmer of the Frater of the said Abbay, quhilk consumis and spillis,..be tane doun.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Meat is said to spill, when it begins to become putrid.
II. To cause to fall out, empty, and related uses.
9. transitive. To shed (blood).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > draw or drain of blood
yeteOE
spilla1125
shed?c1225
outbleedc1475
dispill1522
sow1535
broach1573
exsanguinate1849
a1125 Gosp. Nicodemus (Vesp. D.xiv) 91 b Seo gebletsod se þe nolde þæt min bold wære gespillod [earlier text min blod nolde ageotan].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2958 Þai reft þam aght and spilt þair blode.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 6 Swift ere þaire fete to spill blode.
c1400 Rowland & O. 816 His hert blode he gan þer spill.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 52 To shede and spylle blood is the condicion of a wylde beste.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCv His blode spylled and shedde on the grounde.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. xliv. 98 I constrayned am this bloud to spill.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 131 A great deal of bloud would have been spilled that day between them two.
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 506 That very blood which was spilt upon the cross.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. 790 After spilling an ocean of blood in those theological quarrels.
1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 112 Woe, woe, unutterable woe,—Who spill life's sacred stream!
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 vi. 279 To account for the blood thus wantonly spilt.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxv. x, in Maud & Other Poems 95 The red life spilt for a private blow.
10.
a. To allow or cause (a liquid) to fall, pour, or run out (esp. over the edge of the containing vessel), usually in an accidental or wasteful manner; to lose or waste in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of spilling or that which is spilled > spill [verb (transitive)]
spilla1340
bespill?1567
skedaddle1862
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > let spill
spilla1340
shedc1450
jirble1760
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out > spill
shed?c1225
spilla1340
slop1557
skail1828
skedaddle1862
slob1894
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxi. 13 Þai roght na mare to sla me þan to spill watere.
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 356 [Mau] of chirne mylke spilluth.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 469 Spyllyn, or puttyn owte (K. powryn owte), effundo.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. 155 They shall lightly spylle the watre castyng the tubbes and other vesselles dounward.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 728/2 Who hath spylled his potage upon the boorde clothe on this facyon?
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 Holde my dish, whilst I spill my pottage.
a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1051 in Wks. (1640) III Their Arguments are as fluxive as liquour spilt upon a Table.
1779 Mirror No. 64 Like claret spilt on a smooth table.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiii. 296 Emily's hand trembled, and she spilt the wine as she withdrew it from her lips.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. i. 17 Any of the metal [sc. mercury] which may be spilled is swept or wiped into the groove.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. v. 18 The wine..had stained the ground of the narrow street..where it was spilled.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche v. xxvi. 63 The lamp..One drop of burning oil spilled from its side On Eros' naked shoulder.
in extended use.1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clxxiii. 89 The..wind..which spills The ocean o'er its boundary.1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 152 Leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and spill Their thousand wreaths of dangling water-smoke.absolute.1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 32 It is difficult, saith the proverb, to carry a full cup without spilling.1887 J. Dickie Words of Faith (1891) 197 My cup runneth over. It cannot be moved without spilling.
b. figurative and in figurative context.In quot. 1577 = ‘to divulge, let out’; (see sense 16a for 20th-c use).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 257 Although it be a shame to spill [1574 spoyle, ?1575 spell] it, I will not leaue to say that which..his friendes haue said vnto me.
1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 14 He doubted if he should be ouer bold, he might spill his pottage.
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes Ep. Ded. sig. A2 That the favours which were conferr'd upon me: were not spilt, but powred into a Violl.
1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 276 The love of Sin pollutes, the love of Vanity spills the Wine.
1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xxxvii. 19 Be thou free To spill the venom when thy fangs o'er flow.
1894 Harper's Mag. Feb. 380 The fat's in the fire, the milk's spilt.
c. transferred. (See quot. 1870.)
ΚΠ
1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 137 Spilling stock, when great quantities of a stock are thrown upon the market, sometimes from necessity, often in order to ‘break’ the price.
11. To scatter, esp. by emptying from some receptacle or the like; to disperse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter broadcast
shedc1000
sprengeOE
discatterc1330
shatterc1330
sowa1387
spilla1400
shadec1425
sparklec1440
scatter?c1450
distribute?c1510
sparse?1550
to cast seed1577
bescatter1859
to sow, scatter, throw, etc. broadcast1874
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14733 Iesus..þe moneurs for þair misgilt, þair bordes ouerkest, þair penis spilt.
a1400–50 Alexander 1419 Spedely with spry[n]galdis [they] spilt þaire braynes.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 35 Be þe tonges warly drawen out þat þai spill noȝt þe poudre.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 402 Or in a seriol half water fild..let hem suspende, And close hit fast, in wynde lest they be spild.
1710 A. Philips Pastorals iv. 72 As ruthless Winds the tender Blossoms spill.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 189 She is spilling all the sugar over the table.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 91 Better have died and spilt our bones in the flood.
in extended use.1854 E. B. Browning Plea Ragged Schools London in E. B. Browning & R. Browning Two Poems 6 But these others—children small, Spilt like blots about the city.
12.
a. To cover or overlay with something by (or as by) spilling. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > by spilling
spill1596
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. I6v Though..All the others pauement were with yuory spilt . View more context for this quotation
1895 S. Baring-Gould Noémi (ed. 2) xxiv. 336 The clouds were dispersing..; the floor of heaven was, as it were, spilt over with curds.
1918 D. H. Lawrence New Poems 30 In the street spilled over splendidly With wet, flat lights.
b. To empty (a cup, etc.) by spilling. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > by spilling
spill1886
1886 J. Dickie Words of Faith (1891) 147 'Twas anguish when earth's cup was spill'd.
13. Nautical.
a. To empty (a sail) of wind.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > empty sail of wind
spilla1625
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) When a sail hath much winde in it..we saie Spill the saile, which is done by letting goe the sheats and bowlings, &c.
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 95 The rest stood to spill and fill the sayle.
a1691 Sir D. North in R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 15 He was sure to be duck'd that was at the Yard-arm spilling the Sail.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine To Spill, to discharge the wind out of the cavity or belly of a sail when it is drawn up in the brails in order to furl or reef it.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 565 When the wind was going free, and the sail could not be ‘spilled’.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 190 She..rounded-to under our stern and ‘spilled’ her sail.
b. To discharge (wind) from the belly of a sail, or air from a parachute.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > empty sail of wind > discharge wind from sail
spell1685
spill1875
society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > convey or drop by parachute [verb (transitive)] > cause air to escape from parachute
spill1925
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2268/1 Spilling-line, a line to spill the wind out of a sail, by keeping it from bellying out when clewed up.
1899 Daily News 20 Oct. 5/7 His club-topsail began to spill wind badly, and he gained nothing.
1925 Literary Digest 11 July 25/1 Used as a dividing mark in folding the parachute, and also to ‘spill’ the wind out of it after a landing.
1942 A. M. Low Parachutes iii. 48 The parachute might ‘spill air’ & drop faster.
1976 A. White Long Silence vii. 59 Spill air, ride the motion down as rapidly as is safe. Look around..trying to make out the other parachutes.
14. colloquial.
a. To cause to fall from a horse or vehicle; to throw or throw out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > specifically a person or animal > a person from or out of something
spill1738
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 70 The road was so bad, that I..call'd to the Coachman, Pray, Friend, don't spill us.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spilt, thrown from a horse, or over~turned in a carriage; pray coachee don't spill us.
1809 European Mag. 55 20 The parson..met with a serious accident in being spilt from his horse.
1821 Ld. Byron Lett. in Wks. (1833) III. 301 Riding pretty sharply.., in turning the corner of a lane.., he was spilt.
1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won iii It was a trick that might have spilled a practised horseman.
b. Similarly in other contexts. Also with out.
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1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 104 He..spills us all at once into the sea.
1861 S. Brooks Silver Cord I. xxvii 145/2 ‘Mop, you old fool, will you come down?’ said the manager, spilling out the reluctant animal [from the chair] to the ground.
1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 536/1 She [the ice-yacht] slows up and heels over,..and she quietly spills the crew out of the box.
figurative.1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 1/1 An intrigue..to spill Sir Charles and then to secure Mr. Monro's appointment to the vacant post.
15.
a. intransitive. To flow or run over the brim or side; to escape or be wasted in this manner. Frequently with prepositions and adverbs. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of spilling or that which is spilled > spill [verb (intransitive)]
spill1655
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined > spill out
spill1655
slop1853
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 40 Life without thee is loose and spills.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 172 The Mettal may spill or slabber over the Mouth of..the Mold.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. ix. 147 He was so top-full of himself that he let it spill on all the Company;..he spoke too long.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 496 To prevent the liquor from spilling when poured out.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2268/1 Any metal which dribbles or spills is caught into the spill trough.
1899 F. H. King Irrigation & Drainage vi. 246 A long, sharp lip, over which the water may spill back into the canal.
in extended use.1884 J. Burroughs Pepacton 217 Its body slumps off, and rolls and spills down the hill.1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 510/1 The reaches of this majestic range run south..until they spill out in the far Southwest.1920 H. Crane Let. 14 Apr. (1965) 37 A mood which rose and spilled over in a slightly cruder form than what you see.1962 Amer. Speech 37 17 The metropolitan area of New York City..has spilled into the surrounding countryside, engulfing cities and communities which had their own economic and cultural centers.1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 84 Where a tape has spilled and wound round the spindle and become crumpled, speech recordings are often still playable.1972 B. Moore Catholics i. 17 An anchor spilled like entrails from its bow, falling deep into the sea.1976 Times 10 Sept. 1/6 Cape riots spill into white zones. The anti-apartheid rioting spilled out of Cape Town and spread into white areas of Cape Province.1976 P. Proctor & W. Proctor Women in Pulpit vii. 124 Although Connie Parvey is primarily a campus chaplain, her work in this case spilled over into the role of hospital chaplain.
b. Nautical. To empty or become void of wind.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > empty of wind
spill1762
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 24 Till close embrail'd, and squar'd, the belly spills.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 235 The ship turned slowly to the wind, pitching and chopping as the sails were spilling.
16.
a. transitive. To utter (words); to confess or divulge (facts). Also with over. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets
discovera1375
labc1400
bewray1578
blab1582
discabinet1605
eviscerate1607
eliminate1608
to give upa1640
vent1678
betray1734
confide1735
leak1859
to shell out1862
clatfart1913
spill1917
unzip1939
1577 [see sense 10b].
1917 R. W. Lardner Gullible's Trav. 213 ‘Go ahead and spill it,’ I says.
1920 C. Sandburg Smoke & Steel 44 Men at tables spill Peloponnesian syllables.
1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza iv. 47 Maybe he taught the parrot that lingo just to have her spill it in town and start a rush.
1925 E. Wallace King by Night xxxi. 143 Spill it quick, Goldy.
1925 J. Gregory Bab of Backwoods xii. 156 I'm wise, Mr. Baron. You don't have to spill-over a word to me; I've never asked you a thing yet, have I?
1925 J. Gregory Bab of Backwoods xii. 156 I'll spill her the word. Where'll she meet you and when?
1930 E. V. Knox in Punch 26 Feb. 236/2 The usherette, previously interviewed, who, examined again, was induced to spill it, and confessed.
1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target ii. 18 ‘What's the oil, Noel?’ ‘Yes, spill it.’
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxiv. 233 She was going to spill everything to him..She would have pooled you, too.
1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline vi. 70 You didn't come down here.. just to tempt me..with a beer. Spill it.
1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief ii. i. 119 He picked up the phone to call the Colonel, spill everything.
b. to spill the beans: to reveal a secret. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets
tell1537
blaba1616
to let the cat out of the bag1760
to blow the gab or gaff1834
to shoot off one's mouth1864
to give the show away1879
unload1904
to spill the beans1919
to shoot the works1922
1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxviii. 355 ‘Mother certainly has spilled the beans!’ thought Stafford in vast amusement.
1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean viii. 136 The beans are spilled, and that is what Maddigan guessed the moment he set eyes on you.
1928 Daily Express 10 Oct. 6 Spill the beans. Come clean on the whole game.
1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub vii. 91 ‘Tell me the truth,’ she says. ‘Spill the beans, Holly, old man!’
1945 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Nov. 1/1 A Government publication in this country spilled the beans concerning our urgent interest in experiments with uranium.
1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 93 Spilling beans of shattering truths or equally shattering lies.
1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain vii. 82 Wilson in an indulgent moment of weakness ‘spilt the beans’.
1979 G. Hammond Dead Game vii. 83 You asked me to trust you... So now I think you'd better spill the beans.
1982 Listener 23 Dec. 3/1 Julian Critchley spills the beans about El Vino and says why he likes it.
c. to spill one's guts (out): to divulge as much as one can, to confess. slang (chiefly U.S.).
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess
subscribea1616
confess to1771
own1772
admit1830
to make a clean breast of1838
fess1840
to own up1844
to spit it out1855
to make a clean breast of it1878
cough1901
to come clean1919
to spill one's guts (out)1927
tell papa1929
1927 C. F. Coe Me—Gangster iv. 78 ‘Throw him out, eh?’ the old man snarled... ‘Throw him out an' have him spill his guts about the whole gang?’
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vii. 140 To hold one's guts, to be silent, and to spill one's guts, to talk, reveal a secret.
1973 Black Panther 8 Sept. 10/3 Mistakenly believing that Haldeman and another assistant had told the truth during previous questioning, Butterfield spilled his guts out.
1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. viii. 226 The kid—he was eighteen, by the way, and not long out of trade school—broke down and spilled his guts.

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d. Sport. To drop (the ball); esp. in Cricket, to put down (a catch). colloquial.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
pass1865
to throw in1867
work1868
centre1877
shoot1882
field1883
tackle1884
chip1889
feed1889
screen1906
fake1907
slap1912
to turn over1921
tip-in1958
to lay off1965
spill1975
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > field [verb (transitive)] > drop (a catch)
to put down1893
grass1956
spill1975
1975 Sunday Times 22 June 24/4 Seven catches were put down... Edwards..spilt Lloyd at mid-wicket off Lillee.
1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 114 Some poor fielding on our part which saw four chances spilled in the slips.
1990 Sunday Times 11 Feb. b6/5 He was formidable in the tackle and never spilled or gave up the ball when he took the French midfield head on.
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