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.
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.
• 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
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
