spelk

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

spelks

1.
(Cumbria, Northumbria)A splinter, usually of wood.
2.
(Cumbria, Northumbria)A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
3.
(Northern English)A rod or switch.
4.
(aerospace) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.

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verb

V_es/s

spelks

V_ing/Gerund

spelking

V_ed/pp

spelked

1.
(Northern English, transitive)To use a spelk in or on.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (a splint), from *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (bast, splint). Cognate with spjalkir.