Crossword clues for spilling
spilling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilt; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spilling.]
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal,
ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilled, or Spilt; p. pr. & vb. n. Spilling.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, G. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]
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To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.]
And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill.
--Chaucer.Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.
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To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. [Obs.]
They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship.
--Puttenham.Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations.
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To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.
Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
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To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
And to revenge his blood so justly spilt.
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(Naut.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
Spilling line (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail.
--Totten.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. 2 (context figuratively English) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. vb. (present participle of spill English)
Usage examples of "spilling".
Him throwing himself around the stage, springing up in the air, and spilling himself back down, every movement fluid and graceful, and amazing.
Then the music changed and his head flew up, his hair spilling in an arc through the air like a shining spray of colored water, until it fell around his back, and I realized that he had it up in a high, tight ponytail.
There was just the bathtub with water spilling over its sides and the water still rushing out of the faucet at full blast.
I felt it crawl out of me, pulled like a large, thick string, spilling inside of Richard, coiling into his body.
I could feel it stretching out inside me, feel it filling me, like hot water spilling up and up inside me until it filled every inch of me, and still there was more to come.
Decapitation was nice, but spilling the brains all over the grass works, too.
His free hand still clutched the ciborium, but he had tipped it in falling, and the top had come off, spilling several of the small Hosts.
But he got it back to the table without spilling a bit, and he was proud of himself.
One dark-haired woman dressed in a handsome green gown turned the corner of the carpet up and down with her foot, up and down, while servants gathered at the open doors, spilling back into the corridor, eager to hear news from the east.
Two mugs had overturned, spilling ale over the tabletop, slowly drying up.
Water gurgled and sloshed, riding up from the depths and spilling away in a rush above him.
They seemed to be standing on the edge of the world with the wind beating and moaning through the stones and the waters spilling over rocks far below, gurgling and whispering.
I jerked it out, spilling his shoulder-length hair around me like a silken curtain.
And in that shining, formless place, with no bodies to hold us, there was a hurrying, flowing, spilling sound of water.
Roane collapsed on the bed, spilling me across it, lying on top of his sealskin.