spiled English
Verb
(head)
(spile)
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spile English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) or (etyl) , (etyl) spile.
Noun
( en noun)
A splinter.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
*1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
*:So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
Verb
(spil)
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
Etymology 2
Alteration of (pile), after Etymology 1, above.
Noun
( en noun)
A pile; a post or girder.
Verb
(spil)
To support by means of spiles.
Etymology 3
Alteration of (l).
Verb
(spil)
(US, dialect, ambitransitive) spoil.
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smiled English
Verb
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(smile)
Anagrams
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smile English
Noun
( en noun)
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile? ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
* archaic smile
* besmile
* Chelsea smile
* Glasgow smile
* smileless
* smilet
* smiley
* vertical smile
Verb
( smil)
(ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
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* , chapter=7
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}
To express by smiling.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.}}
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To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
* Byron
- When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled .
To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
- The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
* Alexander Pope
- The desert smiled , / And paradise was opened in the wild.
To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
- The gods smiled on his labours.
Derived terms
* smiler
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