Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A splinter of wood; a splint used in setting a broken bone.
- noun A rod, stick, or switch; especially, a small stick or rod used in thatching.
- To set, as a broken bone, with a spelk or splint.
- To use a spelk or rod in or upon; fasten or strike with a spelk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Northern England A
splinter , usually ofwood . - noun Northern England A
wooden splinter caught under theskin . - noun aerospace Unusably short lengths of fiber-reinforced material, such as
prepreg .
Etymologies
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From Old English spelc.
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Examples
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When it was still hurting on her return to Newcastle, she went to the doctor, she says, "with what I thought was a posh spelk".
The Huddersfield architects still going strong after 175 years 2010
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_spae_, to foretell, to prophesy; _spean_, a teat, (as a verb) to wean; _spelk_, a splinter, thin piece of wood; _steg_, a gander;
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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