(spil) v. spilled or spilt, spill·ing v.t.
1. To allow or cause to fall or run out or over, as a liquid or a powder.
2. To shed, as blood.
3. Naut. To empty (a sail) of wind.
4. Colloq. To cause to fall, as from a horse.
5. Colloq. To divulge; make known, as a secret.
—v.i.
6. To fall or run out or over: said of liquids, etc.
—to spill the beans Colloq. To divulge, especially a secret.
—noun
1. Colloq. A fall to the ground, as from a horse or vehicle; tumble.
2. Colloq. A downpour, as of rain.
3. A crack, seam, or other defect in iron or steel castings, forgings, etc. [OE spillan destroy]
—spill′·age noun
—spill′er noun

(spil) noun
1. A slip of wood, or rolled strip of paper, used for lighting lamps, etc.; a lamp-lighter.
2. A slender peg, pin, or bar of wood or metal; especially, a slender plug for stopping a hole in a cask; a spile. [Var. of SPILE¹]