{"def":{"short":"a ledge or reef of rock in the sea","long":["a rock in the sea, ledge, reef","metaphorically of men who by their conduct damage others morally, wreck them as it were"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"spiˈlɑs","ipa_mod":"spiˈlɑs","sbl":"spilas","dic":"spee-LAHS","dic_mod":"spee-LAHS"},"see":["G4696"]}