Strange usage of the word spill in children's book

[NotAllThere]

Any more of that pal and the word you'll be looking up will be defenestrate.

From my dungeon? There are no windows.

[BR14]

From my dungeon? There are no windows.

Ahh, - a Linux dungeon then, - or iOS.
Z/OS??

[BR14]

Ahh, - a Linux dungeon then, - or iOS.
Z/OS??

Unix, VM, VSE????

[NotAllThere]

Ahh, - a Linux dungeon then, - or iOS.
Z/OS??

iOS? How very dare you. I do not permit iThings in my house.

Unix, VM, VSE????

Oooo. A VM dungeon. Now you're talking.

[BR14]

iOS? How very dare you. I do not permit iThings in my house.

Oooo. A VM dungeon. Now you're talking.

Colossal Cave, i think it was, - dwarves certainly featured

[Mordac]

iOS? How very dare you. I do not permit iThings in my house.

Ah, a kindred spirit who doesn't know how to make the bastard things work either...

[BR14]

Ah, a kindred spirit who doesn't know how to make the bastard things work either...

I have an iRon, but it gets little use

[mudskipper]

From "The owl who was afraid of the dark" here: https://books.google.ch/books?id=zZL...elf%22&f=false

"I'm not a good lander" he said, "I might spill myself".

Any ideas what this might mean? The book was written in 1968 so perhaps so older usage.

I loved that book as a kiddie. I concur that it means 'fall over' or similar. You can have a spill off a motorbike.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Or a gentleman might use one to light his cigar:

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Come on now, spill the beans.

[Gibbon]

"The query arose from two well qualified English teachers"

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