What's the difference between spale and spile?

Spale

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Definition:

• (n.) A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
• (n.) A strengthening cross timber.

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Spile

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Definition:

• (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
• (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
• (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
• (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

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