spillage

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spill1

▶verb (past and past part. spilt or spilled)

• 1 (with reference to liquid) flow or cause to flow over the edge of its container.

• 2 discharge or be discharged from a container or place.

• 3 informal reveal (confidential information).

• 4 cause to fall off a horse or bicycle.

• 5 Sailing let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets.

▶noun

• 1 a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt.

  ■ an instance of a liquid spilling or being spilt.

• 2 a fall from a horse or bicycle.

• 3 Austral. a vacating of all or several posts in a cabinet or parliamentary party to allow reorganization.

– phrases
spill the beans informal reveal secret information unintentionally or indiscreetly.
spill blood kill or wound people.
spill one's guts informal reveal much information in an uninhibited way.

– derivatives
spillage noun,
spiller noun.

– origin OE spillan ‘kill, waste, shed blood’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spill2

▶noun a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, pipe, etc.

– origin ME: obscurely rel. to spile.