spiller
English
noun
Definitions
- One who spills.
- (legal) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
- A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spiller suffix from English spill.
Origin
English
spill
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispill English
- forspill English
- overspill English
- prespill English
- spill English
- spillable English
- spillback English
- spillest English
- spilleth English
- spillikin English
- spillover English
- spillproof English
- spillway English
- spilly English
- spilt English
- spilth English
- spillen Middle English
- spiller Middle English