2. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING
Spil"let fish`ing, Spil"liard fish`ing,
Defn: A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; — in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
SPILLIKIN
Spil"li*kin, n.
Defn: See Spilikin.
SPILLWAY
Spill"way`, n.
Defn: A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
SPILT
Spilt,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.
SPILTER
Spil"ter, n. Etym: [From Spill, n.]