spelkn.

Brit.

/spɛlk/, U.S.

/spɛlk/, Scottish English

/spɛlk/

Forms: Also Old English spelc, Middle English spelke, 1600s spelck.

Etymology: Old English spelc (also spilc), = West Flemish spelke (De Bo), Norwegian spjelk, Icelandic spelka, †spjalk, related to Middle Dutch spalke (Kilian spalcke), spalc (Dutch spalk), Low German spalke, spalk splinter, chip.

Chiefly northern (and Scottish).

1. A surgical splint.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > splint

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splintc1400

shindle1598

splinter1598

junk1617

fish1666

starch bandage1838

starch splint1843

pistol-splint1860

Balkan splint1916

gutter-splint1919

c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 68 Þonne recce he þa ban swa he swiþost maege, do spelc to.

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 149 A Spelck, Fascia.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Spelk, a wooden splinter tied on, to keep a broken bone from bending or unsetting again.

2. A splinter or chip; a small strip of wood.

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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off

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spalea1500

spelcha1605

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > splinter or chip

astela1330

spelkc1440

spile1513

spane1602

shive1661

flakec1720

splice1875

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spelke, fissula.

1623 G. Markham Covntry Hovsewifes Garden x The lesse your Spelkes are, the lesse is the waste of your hony, and the more easily will they draw, when you take your Bees.

1788– in northern glossaries.

1894 Rev. Reviews Sept. 256 A belated attempt to extract a small spelk from the hand of the Irish peasant.

1899 R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster 26 A schoolboy carefully gathered up the larger ‘spelks’ of the tram of the broken vehicle.

3. A thatching-rod; = spar n.⁴

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > rod for fastening down thatch

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springle1657

thatching-rod1703

spar1746

spear1837

spick1890

thatch-rod1903

ledger1916

ligger1953

1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 169 iij. spelks and iij. carres, xix d.

1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 282 Woodd and bords..with stangs, hots, and cares, and spelks and latts.

1712 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. (N.S.) 3 108 For 184 bottles of thatch... For spelks two hundred and twenty seven.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Spelks, small sticks to fix on thatch with.

4. In various uses: (see quots.).

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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Spelk,..a spoke of a wheel.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Spelk, a little, slender creature; used as a term of reproach.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2264/1 Spelk,..a rod in a loom.

Draft additions 1993

b. A type of woven basket made of narrow strips of wood or ‘spelks’.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > made of strips of wood

swill1395

wash-basket1881

chip1922

spelk1949

spale1959

1926 FitzRandolph & Hay Rural Industries Eng. & Wales I. vii. 97 The tools used and the methods of making oak-spelk baskets are nearly the same in all districts.]

1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. viii. 142 The baskets have various names in different districts—scuttles or sculls, spelks, skips, or whiskets.

1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts xviii. 171 Besides besoms, wiskets (swills, spelks, slops or skips elsewhere, to which might be added Sussex trugs), are made in this Wyre Hill yard.

1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 260 The Furness ‘spelk’ is made with rent oak strips or bands, rendered pliable by a period of boiling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spelkv.¹

Brit.

/spɛlk/, U.S.

/spɛlk/, Scottish English

/spɛlk/

Forms: Also Old English spelcean, Middle English spelkyn, spelke.

Etymology: Old English spelcan (also spilcan ), = West Flemish spelken (Dutch spalken ), Old Icelandic spelkja , Norwegian spjelka , Swedish spjälka (Middle Swedish spiälca ), < spelc , etc.: see spelk n.

Now Scottish and northern dialect.

transitive. To fasten with a spelk; esp. to bind or join (a broken limb, bone, etc.) by means of splints.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > set bones or dislocations > splint

spelkc1000

splint1543

splinter1720

spell1886

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Gif scancan forade synd,..hu mon spelcean scyle.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spelte [v.r. spelke, spelkyn] broke bonys or oþer þyngys.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 13 Mar. (1848) cxxxix. 258 Many broken legs since Adam's days hath he spelked.

c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 (Halliw.) To spelk in Yorkshire, to set a broken bone.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss.

1889 W. Westall Birch Dene II. ix. 140 The doctor bound up and spelked his maimed fingers.

Derivatives

ˈspelking n.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [noun] > setting bones or dislocations > splinting

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splinting1548

splintage1956

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spellynge [v.r. spelkynge], broke bonys or oþer thyngys, fissulatus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† spelkv.²

Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare spelt v. and Scots spilkings split peas.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

transitive. To bruise (beans).

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > prepare fruit and vegetables [verb (transitive)] > bruise beans

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spelt1570

1483 Cath. Angl. 28/1 Benes spelked, fabefrese.

1483 Cath. Angl. 353/2 Spelkyd benes,..fabefrese.

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 66 To spelch horse-beans, to bruise them in a mill. Obsolete.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

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单词	spelk
释义	spelkn. Brit. /spɛlk/, U.S. /spɛlk/, Scottish English /spɛlk/ Forms: Also Old English spelc, Middle English spelke, 1600s spelck. Etymology: Old English spelc (also spilc), = West Flemish spelke (De Bo), Norwegian spjelk, Icelandic spelka, †spjalk, related to Middle Dutch spalke (Kilian spalcke), spalc (Dutch spalk), Low German spalke, spalk splinter, chip. Chiefly northern (and Scottish). 1. A surgical splint. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > splint spelkc1000 splintc1400 shindle1598 splinter1598 junk1617 fish1666 starch bandage1838 starch splint1843 pistol-splint1860 Balkan splint1916 gutter-splint1919 c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 68 Þonne recce he þa ban swa he swiþost maege, do spelc to. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 149 A Spelck, Fascia. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Spelk, a wooden splinter tied on, to keep a broken bone from bending or unsetting again. 2. A splinter or chip; a small strip of wood. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off spoonc725 spillc1300 sliverc1374 splinter1398 sprotea1400 speelc1440 spelkc1440 splinderc1440 spilderc1475 spalea1500 spelcha1605 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > splinter or chip astela1330 spelkc1440 spile1513 spane1602 shive1661 flakec1720 splice1875 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spelke, fissula. 1623 G. Markham Covntry Hovsewifes Garden x The lesse your Spelkes are, the lesse is the waste of your hony, and the more easily will they draw, when you take your Bees. 1788– in northern glossaries. 1894 Rev. Reviews Sept. 256 A belated attempt to extract a small spelk from the hand of the Irish peasant. 1899 R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster 26 A schoolboy carefully gathered up the larger ‘spelks’ of the tram of the broken vehicle. 3. A thatching-rod; = spar n.⁴ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > rod for fastening down thatch spelk1563 springle1657 thatching-rod1703 spar1746 spear1837 spick1890 thatch-rod1903 ledger1916 ligger1953 1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 169 iij. spelks and iij. carres, xix d. 1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 282 Woodd and bords..with stangs, hots, and cares, and spelks and latts. 1712 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. (N.S.) 3 108 For 184 bottles of thatch... For spelks two hundred and twenty seven. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Spelks, small sticks to fix on thatch with. 4. In various uses: (see quots.). ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Spelk,..a spoke of a wheel. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Spelk, a little, slender creature; used as a term of reproach. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2264/1 Spelk,..a rod in a loom. Draft additions 1993 b. A type of woven basket made of narrow strips of wood or ‘spelks’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > made of strips of wood swill1395 wash-basket1881 chip1922 spelk1949 spale1959 1926 FitzRandolph & Hay Rural Industries Eng. & Wales I. vii. 97 The tools used and the methods of making oak-spelk baskets are nearly the same in all districts.] 1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. viii. 142 The baskets have various names in different districts—scuttles or sculls, spelks, skips, or whiskets. 1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts xviii. 171 Besides besoms, wiskets (swills, spelks, slops or skips elsewhere, to which might be added Sussex trugs), are made in this Wyre Hill yard. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 260 The Furness ‘spelk’ is made with rent oak strips or bands, rendered pliable by a period of boiling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spelkv.¹ Brit. /spɛlk/, U.S. /spɛlk/, Scottish English /spɛlk/ Forms: Also Old English spelcean, Middle English spelkyn, spelke. Etymology: Old English spelcan (also spilcan ), = West Flemish spelken (Dutch spalken ), Old Icelandic spelkja , Norwegian spjelka , Swedish spjälka (Middle Swedish spiälca ), < spelc , etc.: see spelk n. Now Scottish and northern dialect. transitive. To fasten with a spelk; esp. to bind or join (a broken limb, bone, etc.) by means of splints. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > set bones or dislocations > splint spelkc1000 splint1543 splinter1720 spell1886 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Gif scancan forade synd,..hu mon spelcean scyle. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spelte [v.r. spelke, spelkyn] broke bonys or oþer þyngys. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 13 Mar. (1848) cxxxix. 258 Many broken legs since Adam's days hath he spelked. c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 (Halliw.) To spelk in Yorkshire, to set a broken bone. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. 1889 W. Westall Birch Dene II. ix. 140 The doctor bound up and spelked his maimed fingers. Derivatives ˈspelking n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [noun] > setting bones or dislocations > splinting spelkingc1440 splinting1548 splintage1956 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spellynge [v.r. spelkynge], broke bonys or oþer thyngys, fissulatus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † spelkv.² Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare spelt v. and Scots spilkings split peas. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To bruise (beans). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > prepare fruit and vegetables [verb (transitive)] > bruise beans spelk1483 spelt1570 1483 Cath. Angl. 28/1 Benes spelked, fabefrese. 1483 Cath. Angl. 353/2 Spelkyd benes,..fabefrese. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 66 To spelch horse-beans, to bruise them in a mill. Obsolete.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000v.¹c1000v.²1483
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spelkn.

Draft additions 1993

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Derivatives

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