English Explanatory Dictionary

spelch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To splinter while being crosscut.

Word forms

spelch spelches spelching spelched

Etymology

From Middle English spelc, or spilc (“little rod by which things are kept straight or a splint for binding up broken bones”), ultimately from Old Norse spelkur (“splints”).

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