Spelling

6 definitions found

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

  Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spelling}.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
     To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at
     work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}or {Spelt}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Spelling}.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS.
     spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
     relate, Goth. spill?n.e {Spell} a tale. In sense 4 and those
     following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word,
     and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
     piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D.
     spellen to spell. Cf. {Spell} splinter.]
     1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
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              Might I that legend find,
              By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes.    --T. Warton.
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     2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
        spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with
        words of power." --Dryden.
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              He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
                                                    Buck.
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     3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
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              The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
              did spell but one in effect.          --Fuller.
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     4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
        word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the
        proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
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              The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and
              not with y.                           --Dryden.
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     5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
        difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the
        sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
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              To spell out a God in the works of creation.
                                                    --South.
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              To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
              every accident.                       --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spelling \Spell"ing\, n.
     The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters;
     orthography.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spelling \Spell"ing\, a.
     Of or pertaining to spelling.
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     {Spelling bee}, a spelling match. [U.S.]
  
     {Spelling book}, a book with exercises for teaching children
        to spell; a speller.
  
     {Spelling match}, a contest of skill in spelling words,
        between two or more persons.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spelling
       n : forming words with letters according to the principles
           underlying accepted usage

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SPELLING, The art of putting the proper letters in words. 
       2. It is a rule that when it appears with certainty what is meant, bad 
  spelling will not avoid a contract; for example, where a man agreed to pay 
  thirty pounds, he was held bound to pay thirty pounds; and sentence was 
  holden to be seventeen. Cro. Jac. 607; 10 Coke, 133, a; 2 Roll. Ab. 147. 
       3. Even in an indictment undertood has been holden as understood. 1 
  Chit. Cr. Law. 
       4. A misspelling of a name in a declaration, will not be sufficient to 
  defeat the plaintiff, on the ground of variance between the writing 
  produced, and the declaration, if such name be idem sonans; as Kay for Key. 
  16 East, 110; 2 Stark. 29; Segrave for Seagrave. 2 Str. 889. See Idem 
  Sonans.