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spelt (spelt)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

spell
spelt2 definition

spelt (spelt)

noun

a primitive species (Triticum spelta) of wheat with grains that do not thresh free of the chaff: now seldom cultivated

Etymology: ME < OE < LL spelta < Gmc *speltō < IE base *(s)p(h)el-, to split off > spill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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