spelt
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spell spelt n 1 :
hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [
synonym :
{
spelt }, {
Triticum spelta }, {
Triticum aestivum spelta }]
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 .]
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Might I that legend find ,
By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes . --
T .
Warton .
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2 .
To put under the influence of a spell ;
to affect by a spell ;
to bewitch ;
to fascinate ;
to charm . "
Spelled with words of power ." --
Dryden .
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He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot . --
Sir G .
Buck .
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3 .
To constitute ;
to measure . [
Obs .]
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The Saxon heptarchy ,
when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect . --
Fuller .
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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 .
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The word "
satire "
ought to be spelled with i ,
and not with y . --
Dryden .
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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 .
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To spell out a God in the works of creation .
--
South .
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To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident . --
Milton .
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Spelt \
Spelt \,
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Spell }.
Spelled .
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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 }.
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Spelt \
Spelt \,
n . [
See {
Spalt }.] (
Metal .)
Spelter . [
Colloq .]
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Spelt \
Spelt \,
v .
t . &
i . [
See {
Spell }
a splinter .]
To split ;
to break ;
to spalt . [
Obs .] --
Mortimer .
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