Spelk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spelk \Spelk\, n. [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.]
     A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a
     splinter. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.


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