Usually means: Small, thin piece of wood.
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  1. spelk: Merriam-Webster
  2. spelk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spelk: Wordnik
  4. spelk: Wiktionary
  5. Spelk: Dictionary.com
  6. Spelk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. spelk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Spelk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. spelk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. spelk: FreeDictionary.org
  11. spelk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Spelk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (spelk)

noun:  (Northumbria, Cumbria) A splinter, usually of wood.
noun:  (Northumbria, Cumbria) A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
noun:  (Northern English) A rod or switch.
noun:  (aerospace) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
verb:  (transitive, Northern English) To use a spelk in or on.

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