Lexic.us

Definition of Spiller

1. Noun. An attacker who sheds or spills blood. "A great hunter and spiller of blood"

2. Noun. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).

Definition of Spiller

1. n. One who, or that which, spills.

Definition of Spiller

1. Noun. Agent noun of the verb, to spill; one who spills. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water. ¹

3. Noun. A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spiller

1. one that spills [n -S] - See also: spills

Medical Definition of Spiller

1. 1. One who, or that which, spills. 2. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiller

spilites spilitic spill spill blood spill ink spill one's guts spill out spill over spill the beans spillable

spillage spillages spilled spilled the beans spiller (current term) spillers spillet fishing spilliard fishing spillikin spillikins

spilling spilling the beans spillingly spillings spillionaire spillionaires spillover spillovers spillproof

Literary usage of Spiller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1895)
"IN November, 1816, the plaintiffs and Henry spiller signed an agreement for the sale to the plaintiffs of certain copyhold lands, the property of Henry ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"WILLIAM G. spiller GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY or PENNSYLVANIA AERO.CELE OF THE BRAIN WHERE symptoms of subacutely developing intracranial ..."

3. Moral Instruction and Training in Schools: Report of an International by Michael Sadler (1908)
"CHAPTER X. AN EDUCATIONAL DEMOCRACY: MORAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS OF SWITZERLAND.1 By Mr. GUSTAV spiller, General Secretary to the ..."

4. Moral Instruction and Training in Schools: Report of an International by Michael Sadler (1908)
"CHAPTER X. AN EDUCATIONAL DEMOCRACY: MORAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS OF SWITZERLAND.1 By Mr. GUSTAV spiller, General Secretary to the ..."

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