Spelt
[spelt]
Definition
(noun.) hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed.
Editor: Mervin--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Spell
(-) imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.
(n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
(n.) Spelter.
(v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.
Typed by Corinne
Definition
n. a kind of wheat probably only a race of common wheat still grown in the mountainous parts of Europe and elsewhere—also called German wheat.
Checker: Sabina
Examples
- Tony, says Mr. Guppy, uncrossing and recrossing his legs, how do you suppose he spelt out that name of Hawdon? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He never spelt it out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then the bay tried me with a second word, much harder to be pronounced; but reducing it to the English orthography, may be spelt thus, _Houyhnhnm_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Do you remember when you wrote to him to come on Twelfth-night, Emmy, and spelt twelfth without the f? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You may fancy my state when I read your poor dear old ill-spelt letter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But, he had been so careful to get it accurately, that he then spelt it with perfect correctness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A gentlemanly hand, he said, and well spelt, too. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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