Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of spilling.
- noun An amount spilled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is spilled; that which is poured out lavishly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
spillage ; spilled material.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This suffix comes to us from Old English and is used to indicate an act or process (as in "spilth" or the more familiar "growth") or a state or condition (as in "breadth" or "length").
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This suffix comes to us from Old English and is used to indicate an act or process (as in "spilth" or the more familiar "growth") or a state or condition (as in "breadth" or "length").
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The earliest known use of "spilth" is in Shakespeare's
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The earliest known use of "spilth" is in Shakespeare's
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"spilth" of St Monday formed the entire demand of Tuesday.
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"spilth," combines the verb "spill" with a suffix ( "- age," this time borrowed from Old French) that can indicate an act or process.
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"spilth," combines the verb "spill" with a suffix ( "- age," this time borrowed from Old French) that can indicate an act or process.
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The dizzying stench of the six-foot-high city-block-long banks of spilth, a foul miasma of garbage, excrement, and animal parts—and the maddening hum of a million blowflies. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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The dizzying stench of the six-foot-high city-block-long banks of spilth, a foul miasma of garbage, excrement, and animal parts—and the maddening hum of a million blowflies. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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The dizzying stench of the six-foot-high city-block-long banks of spilth, a foul miasma of garbage, excrement, and animal parts—and the maddening hum of a million blowflies. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word spilth
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What a great Scrabble word!
January 19, 2011