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Meaning of SPILIKIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See
{Spill} a splinter.]
One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone,
or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the
score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}),
a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also
{spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
 
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