Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
He cast a spell to cure warts.
A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
To swadle a bowe much about wyth bandes, verye seldome dothe anye good, excepte it be to kepe downe a spel in the backe.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
Vnchaine your spirits now with spelling Charmes,
A surname.
From Middle English spellen, from Anglo-Norman espeler, espeleir, Old French espeller, espeler (compare Modern French épeler), from Frankish *spelōn, merged with native Old English spellian (“to tell,...
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To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.
To work in place of (someone).
to spell the helmsman