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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spill \spill\ spi^l, v. t. imp.  p. p. spilled
   spi^ld, or spilt spi^lt; p. pr.  vb. n.
   spilling. oe. spillen, usually, to destroy, as. spillan,
   spildan, to destroy; akin to icel. spilla to destroy, sw.
   spilla to spill, dan. spilde, lg.  d. spillen to squander,
   ohg. spildan.
   1. to destroy; to kill; to put an end to. obs.
      1913 webster

            and gave him to the queen, all at her will
            to choose whether she would him save or spill.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            greater glory think it to save than spill.
                                                  --spenser.
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   2. to mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse;
      to waste. obs.
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            they the colors disfigure the stuff and spill the
            whole workmanship.                    --puttenham.
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            spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in
            recreations.                          --fuller.
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   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.
      1913 webster

   note: spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss,
         -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
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   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.
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            and to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --dryden.
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   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.
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   spilling line naut., a rope used for spilling, or
      dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --totten.
      1913 webster
see also:
spilled spilt spilling spilling line 

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