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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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