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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spelk  \Spelk\,  n.  [AS.  spelc,  spilc,  a  little  rod  by  which  a 
  thing  is  kept  straight,  a  splint  for  binding  up  broken  bones, 
  akin  to  Icel.  spelkur  pl.,  a  splint.  Cf  {Spell}  a 
  splinter.] 
  A  small  stick  or  rod  used  as  a  spike  in  thatching;  a 
  splinter.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Grose. 

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