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spelch

spelch verb: to splinter while being crosscut.

Verb

spelch (third-person singular simple present spelches, present participle spelching, simple past and past participle spelched)

  1. (intransitive) To splinter while being crosscut.
    • Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.

Forms of spelch

third-person singular presentspelches
present participlespelching
past participlespelched
pastspelched

Origin of spelch

From Middle English spelc, or spilc (“little rod by which things are kept straight or a splint for binding up broken bones”), ultimately from Old Norse spelkur (“splints”).

Words that rhyme with spelch

Questions about spelch

What does spelch mean?
Spelch means to splinter while being crosscut.
What part of speech is spelch?
Spelch is a verb.
What is the past tense of spelch?
The past tense of spelch is spelched.

Words near spelch in the dictionary

  1. spelaeogriphacean
  2. spelaeogriphaceans
  3. spelaeologist
  4. spelaeologists
  5. spelaeology
  6. spelch
  7. spelched
  8. spelches
  9. spelching
  10. speld
  11. spelder

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