English Explanatory Dictionary

spelk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A splinter, usually of wood.
  2. A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
  3. A rod or switch.
  4. Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
verb
  1. To use a spelk in or on.

Pronunciation

/spɛlk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spelk.wav

Word forms

spelk spelks spelking spelked

Etymology

From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-West Germanic *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Cognate with Old Norse spjalkir (“bars, rails”, plural).

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