Definitions for "spill "
The unregulated outflow of water from a reservoir that occurs when its maximum storage capacity is exceeded.
Water released through the dam spillways, rather than through the turbines. Involuntary spill occurs when reservoirs are full and flows exceed the capacity of the powerhouse or power output needs. Voluntary spill is one method used to pass juvenile fish without danger of turbine passage.
Releasing water through the spillway rather than through the turbine units.
Spill measurements represent the hourly measures reported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at a project. It is also given in kcfs, thousands of cubic feet per second.
Spill also is given as a daily average of 24 hourly measures taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also given in kcfs.
A strip of cedar, usually included in a cigar box, used to light a cigar. Unlike a candle or a fluid lighter, cedar does not alter the taste of the cigar when it is being lit.
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
A strip of cedar used to light a cigar when using a candle or a fluid lighter, both of which can alter the taste of the cigar.
To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
A slender piece of anything.
A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.
The scattering or dispersion of a liquid or any matter in loose pieces from the; original container and into the environment.
Light that strikes areas where it's unwanted
Unwanted light onstage.
Unwanted light on stage.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A metallic rod or pin.
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.
When you win a hand that would put you over 1,000 credits, most video poker machines don't add to your credits. Instead they start spilling quarters into the hopper to pay off that hand.
reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
Audio leakage from an undesired source into a mic, For example, drums or guitar amps spilling into vocal mics.
A defect which originates during casting and after rolling or drawing appears as a discontinuity either on the surface or as a faint streak which on distortion becomes open or blistered.
liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
spill manages symbolic links under one tree which point to matching filenames in another. When individual projects are configured with project/version-specific -- prefix= settings, to keep their installations segregated, spill can make them appear to be installed in a common place, e.g. under /usr/local. It can also delete the links associated with a particular program.
1. Short for spill-over. Refers to sound that's heard in an area it's not intended to be in. The most common example is stage monitor spill--when the sound from stage monitors is heard in the audience/congregational seating area. 2. What you must be very, VERY careful not to do when drinking and running a sound board.
a fresh accident
v. To spend money.
Viewing/listening to signals from adjacent markets.
A little sum of money.