Spill(v. t.)
- To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
Spill(v. t.)
- To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
Spill(v. t.)
- 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.
Spill(v. t.)
- 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.
Spill(v. t.)
- 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.
Spill(v. i.)
- To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
Spill(v. i.)
- To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
Spill(v. t.)
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.