spelch

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verb

To splinter while being crosscut.

“Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.”

OriginMiddle English spelc ← Old Norse spelkur →
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Meanings

verbspelch (third-person singular simple present spelches, present participle spelching, simple past and past participle spelched)

present singular third person spelches · participle present spelching · participle past spelched · past spelched

  1. intransitiveTo splinter while being crosscut.

    Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.

Origin

  1. Old Norsespelkur“splints”
  2. Middle Englishspelc
  3. Englishspelch

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spelch

welchsquelchbelchbreak squelch
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Anagrams

schlep
Cite this entry
APA

spelch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelch

MLA

“spelch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spelch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelch.

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