noun
Meaning 1
A splinter, usually of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Northumbria
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Standard Lemma guide
spelk
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/spɛlk/
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rhymes with -ɛlk
noun
Meaning 2
A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Northumbria
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noun
Meaning 3
A rod or switch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-English
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noun
Meaning 4
Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To use a spelk in or on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-English, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-West Germanic *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Cognate with Old Norse spjalkir (“bars, rails”, plural).
From Middle English spelken, from Old English spelċan, from Proto-West Germanic *spalkijan, from Proto-Germanic *spalkijaną. Cognate with Old Norse spelkja.