spelk.
A splinter, usually of wood.
Meaning & usage
A splinter, usually of wood.
A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
A rod or switch.
Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-West Germanic *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Cognate with Old Norse spjalkir (“bars, rails”, plural).
To use a spelk in or on.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spelken, from Old English spelċan, from Proto-West Germanic *spalkijan, from Proto-Germanic *spalkijaną. Cognate with Old Norse spelkja.
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