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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPELK

n.A splinter; a small stick or rod used in thatching.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.