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spelch.

To splinter while being crosscut.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To splinter while being crosscut.

    intransitive
    Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.
Where this word comes from

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”).

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