spilth

spilth
noun /spɪlθ/
A spillage; spilled material.

Like a vast spider suspended by a metal chord, a candelabrum presided over the room nine feet above the floor-boards. From its sweeping arms of iron, long stalactites of wax lowered their pale spilths drip by drip, drip by drip.


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  • Spilth — Spilth, n. [From {Spill}.] Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion. [Archaic] With drunken spilth of wine. Shak. [1913 Webster] Choicest cates, and the flagon s best spilth. R. Browning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spilth — [spilth] n. [ SPIL(L) + TH1] Obs. 1. the act of spilling 2. that which is spilled, esp. profusely …   English World dictionary

  • spilth — /spilth/, n. 1. spillage (def. 1). 2. something that is spilled. 3. refuse; trash. [1600 10; SPILL1 + TH1] * * * …   Universalium

  • spilth — noun Date: 1608 1. the act or an instance of spilling 2. a. something spilled b. refuse, rubbish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spilth — noun archaic the action of spilling or material that is spilt …   English new terms dictionary

  • spilth — [[t]spɪlθ[/t]] n. 1) spillage 1) 2) something that is spilled 3) refuse; trash • Etymology: 1600–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • spilth — n. 1 material that is spilled. 2 the act or an instance of spilling. 3 an excess or surplus …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cates — Cates, n. pl. [Cf. {Acates}, and see {Cater}, n.] Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Shak. [1913 Webster] Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill. [1913 Webster] Choicest cates and the fiagon s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -th — I. see eth II. adjective suffix or eth Etymology: Middle English the, te, from Old English tha, ta; akin to Old High German do th, Latin tus, Greek tos, Sanskrit tha used in forming ordinal numbers < hundredth > < fortieth > III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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