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spiller

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: spiller

1
n
an attacker who sheds or spills blood
2
n
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: spiller
1

n an attacker who sheds or spills blood

“a great hunter and spiller of blood”
Synonyms:
shedder
Type of:
aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
someone who attacks
2

n a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

Synonyms:
setline, trawl, trawl line, trotline
Type of:
fishing line
a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached
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