spilth

English

Etymology

From spill +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spɪlθ/

Noun

spilth (plural spilths)

1. (archaic) A spillage; spilled material.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     Like a vast spider suspended by a metal chord, a candelabrum presided over the room nine feet above the floor-boards. From its sweeping arms of iron, long stalactites of wax lowered their pale spilths drip by drip, drip by drip.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     Baked fish lay cooling on the table, and there was a great spilth of wine on the floor.