spelch
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛltʃ
Verb edit
spelch (third-person singular simple present spelches, present participle spelching, simple past and past participle spelched)
- (intransitive) To splinter while being crosscut.
- Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.