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  • OED:

    Forms: . 5 spole, 6 -ie, spoyle, -ie, spoille, -ie, spoile, -ie (7, 9 -zie), -y; 6 spoylie, -llie, spoilie, spollie, 8 spoolie. . 6 spule (spulee, -ie, spulle), 7- spulzie (8 -zy), 9 spulyie; 6 spuile (spwile), -ie, 7- spuilzie; 8 spulie, spuilie, 9 spuilly.

    1. The action of despoiling; spoliation; an instance of this.

    b. Law. An action for spoliation. Obs.

    2. Spoil, booty, plunder.

    September 10, 2008

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    September 11, 2008