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To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

Example: I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.

Of letters: to compose (a word).

Example: The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.

To work in place of (someone).

Example: to spell the helmsman

To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

Example: They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.

To rest from work for a time.

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.

Spelter.

To split; to break; to spalt.