SPELK

Etymology

Noun

spelk (plural spelks)

(Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood.

(Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin.

(Northern English) A rod or switch.

(aerospace) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.

Verb

spelk (third-person singular simple present spelks, present participle spelking, simple past and past participle spelked)

(transitive, Northern English) To use a spelk in or on.

Anagrams

• kelps, skelp

Source: Wiktionary


Spelk, n. Etym: [AS. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to Icel. spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. Spell a splinter.]

Definition: A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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