SPELDING Spel"ding, n. Etym: [Scot. speld to spread out, spelder to split. spread open; cf. G. spalten split.]
Defn: A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; — called also speldron. [Scot.]
SPELICANS
Spel"i*cans, n. pl.
Defn: See Spilikin.
SPELK 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.]
Defn: A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
[Prov. Eng.] Grose.
SPELL Spell, n. Etym: [OE. speld, AS. speld a spill to light a candle with; akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to tell the letters of.]
Defn: A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] Holland.
SPELL
Spell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spelling.] Etym:
[AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
Defn: To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.