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Definition of Spell
| n. | 1. | A spelk, or splinter. | | v. t. | 1. | To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman. | | n. | 1. | The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead. | | 2. | The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks. | | 3. | One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. | | 4. | A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell. | | 1. | A story; a tale. | | 2. | A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm. | | v. t. | 1. | To tell; to relate; to teach. | | 2. | To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. | | 3. | To constitute; to measure. | | 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. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing. | | 2. | To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. |
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