One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
A fall or stumble.
A metallic rod or pin.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A mess of something that has been dropped.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
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.
To come undone.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
A rung of a ladder.
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
simple past tense of speak
To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.