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Spelt v. t. & v. i. To split; to break; to spalt. (Obs.)

Spell v. t. (past & past part. spelt or spelled; pres. part. spelling)

To tell; to relate; to teach. (Obs.) "Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes."

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with words of power." "He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot."

To constitute; to measure. (Obs.) "The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect."

To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography. "The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and not with y."

To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible. "To spell out a God in the works of creation." "To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident."

Spell v. i. (past & past part. spelt or spelled; pres. part. spelling)

To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing. "When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell, And he a god, who could but read or spell."

To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. (Obs.) "Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew."

Spelt v. Imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.

noun

Spelt n. (Bot.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; called also German wheat.

Spelt n. (Metal.) Spelter. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Spelt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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