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spelking

spelking is the present participle and gerund of spelk.

Meaning of spelk

Verb

spelk (third-person singular simple present spelks, present participle spelking, simple past and past participle spelked)

  1. (Northern-English, transitive) To use a spelk in or on.
    • A spelk is often a hazel of two or three years' growth. It is pointed at each end, and is three or four feet long, and is placed at right angles with the thatch to hold it down. Sometimes a bit of very neat work is displayed in the spelking of the thatch […]1884, Notes and Queries, page 193

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Questions about spelking

What is spelking the present participle and gerund of?
Spelking is the present participle and gerund of spelk.

Words near spelking in the dictionary

  1. speleotherms
  2. spelican
  3. spelicans
  4. spelk
  5. spelked
  6. spelking
  7. spelks
  8. spelky
  9. spell
  10. spell casting
  11. spell castings

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