SPELT
Spelt, n. Etym: [See Spalt.] (Metal.)
Defn: Spelter. [Colloq.]
SPELT
Spelt, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Spell a splinter.]
Defn: To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] Mortimer.
SPELTER
Spel"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. spialter, G. & D. spiauter. Cf. Pewter.]
(Metal.)
Defn: Zinc; — especially so called in commerce and arts.
SPELUNC
Spe*lunc", n. Etym: [L. spelunca cave.]
Defn: A cavern; a cave. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
SPENCE
Spence, n. Etym: [OF. despense, F. dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF.
despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See
Dispense, Spend.]
1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott. Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.