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To scatter; to spread; to disperse. [Obs.]

p by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eues. Pope.

Capable of being spoiled.

One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.

if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.

Wasteful; rapacious. [Poetic]

One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.

One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.

A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.

The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.

To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. [R.] Marston.

Not poised or balanced.

To remove or expel poison from. [Obs.] South.

See Point, n., 26.

A point giving advantage; vantage ground.

A hydrometer.

wer than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.