Definition of Spell

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Definition of Spell

Spell

A spelk, or splinter.

To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.

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.

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.

One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.

A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.

A story; a tale.

A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.

To tell; to relate; to teach.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

To constitute; to measure.

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.

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.

To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.

To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.

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Spell Quotations

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
Will Rogers

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.
John Adams

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd Wright

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
Patrick Swayze

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
Andrew Jackson

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Michelangelo

Do you spell it with a "V" or a "W"?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.
Charles Dickens

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.
James Allen

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Eric Hoffer

Spell Translations

spell in Danish is stave
spell in Dutch is spellen
spell in German is buchstabieren, richtig schreiben
spell in Italian is compitare
spell in Spanish is deletrear
spell in Swedish is stava

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