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Definition of Spelks
1. spelk [n] - See also: spelk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spelks
Literary usage of Spelks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
""A May's swarm is worth a mare's foal:" if they want wood, they be in danger of
flying away. The less the spelks are, the less is the waste of your honey. ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
""A May's swarm is worth a mare's foal:" if they want wood, they be in danger of
flying away. The less the spelks are, the less is the waste of your honey. ..."
3. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1879)
"... and "dressing the mull "§§ round the turf- stack; lapping straw, stacking hay
and corn ; getting willow rods and making them into thatching "spelks ..."
4. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1857)
""A May's swarm is worth a mare's foul:" if they want wood, they be in danger of
flying away. The less the spelks are, the less is the waste of your honey. ..."
5. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"The spelks for thatching houses are generally made of hazel or willow, split down
the middle and pointed at each end ; they are then bent like a staple and ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"... va to insert ' spelks ' in a thing. Ex. ' We cuts young willies i' t' hedge
an' pills 'em to ..."
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