As nouns the difference between spide and spile
is that spide is (northern irish english|pejorative) a chav or smick while spile is a splinter or spile can be a pile; a post or girder.
As a verb spile is
to plug (a hole) with a spile or spile can be to support by means of spiles or spile can be (us|dialect|ambitransitive) spoil.
spide
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(Northern Irish English, pejorative) a chav or smick.
References
*[http://www.thevacuum.org.uk/issues/issues0120/issue06/is06artwhaspi.html] A Belfast community newsletter
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/gmhp/dictionary/dictionary_s.shtml] BBC list of Belfast slang
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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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