/ˈspɛlt/
OriginFrom spell + -t. See spell.
- British, form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of spell
“Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?”
- obsolete, transitiveTo grind or crush (grain or pulses).
- uncountable, usuallyA grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
- Northern-England, Scotland, dialectalA thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
- Spelter.
- not-comparable, obsolete, rareOf dried beans: pounded, crushed, or split.
“[H]alfe an houre after give him a pottell of Oates and a pinte of ſpelt Beanes, then a ſmall bottel of Hay: […]”
“The next day very early as may be, firſt feed, then dreſſe, after cloath and ſaddle, then ayre him abroad, and water him as hath been before ſhewed, after bring him home, and feed him with oats, ſpelt”
“Theſe loaves baked and cooled, after three days cut off the Cruſt, and with Oats well dryed and rubbed between your hands, being alſo winnowed and ſifted, and a quantity of the beſt ſpelt Beans; […]”
Formsspelled(alternative) · spelts(plural) · spelts(present, singular, third-person) · spelting(participle, present) · spelted(participle, past) · spelted(past)