2. Noun. (figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of spill) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spilling
1. spill [v] - See also: spill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spilling
Literary usage of Spilling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"We now come to the special methods of support used in the case of soft, loose,
watery or running ground. They are: (a) spilling, spiling, ..."
2. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"We now come to the special methods of support used in the case of soft, loose,
watery or running ground. They are: (a) spilling, spiling, ..."
3. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"The spilling point is that point where gas passes out from the dome when it ...
But this plane, which we shall call the spilling plane, is not perfectly ..."
4. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"The spilling point is that point where gas passes out from the dome when it ...
But this plane, which we shall call the spilling plane, is not perfectly ..."
5. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"1 The spilling point is that point where gas passes out from the dome when it
... But this plane, which we shall call the spilling plane, is not perfectly ..."
6. The Bookman (1905)
"And all the while Mr. Zang- will is methodically spilling jar after jar of the
Golden Syrup aforesaid, and smiling bitterly, while the public sprawls and ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"Thus, by the process of filling and spilling, the timber is kept in a regular
motion, and the corn'is at length pounded into meal. ..."
8. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1888)
"... Crank of Deeds—Rushing the Struggle for Existence—Fierce Battles and
Blood-spilling—What Ordinary Readers of History have not heard of—Fourth Battle; ..."
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