Category:Spelk

Spelk, n. Etym: [as. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is Kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to icel. Spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. Spell a splinter.]

Defn: a small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [prov. Eng.] Grose.