English Dictionary: spelt | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}or {Spelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spelling}.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS. spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to relate, Goth. spill[?]n.e {Spell} a tale. In sense 4 and those following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word, and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D. spellen to spell. Cf. {Spell} splinter.] 1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.] Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. --T. Warton. 2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. [bd]Spelled with words of power.[b8] --Dryden. He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G. Buck. 3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.] The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect. --Fuller. 4. 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 [bd]satire[b8] ought to be spelled with i, and not with y. --Dryden. 5. 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. --South. To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spelt \Spelt\, imp. & p. p. of {Spell}. Spelled. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spelt \Spelt\, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.) A species of grain ({Triticum Spelta}) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also {German wheat}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spelt \Spelt\, n. [See {Spalt}.] (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spelt \Spelt\, v. t. & i. [See {Spell} a splinter.] To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] --Mortimer. |