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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spile /ˈspaɪ(ə)l/
 木栓,嘴,插管(vt.)插入小栓,打小孔,插上插管

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spile n.
 1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
 2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
 3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
 Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spile v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spile
      n 1: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
           the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: pile,
            piling, stilt]
      2: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn: bung]