spiller

Other forms: spillers

Definitions of spiller
  1. noun
    an attacker who sheds or spills blood
    “a great hunter and spiller of blood”
    synonyms: shedder
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    type of:
    aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
    someone who attacks
  2. noun
    a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
    synonyms: setline, trawl, trawl line, trotline
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    type of:
    fishing line
    a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached
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