Definition of "spelt"

spelt¹

/ˈspɛlt/

verb
1. (chiefly Britain) simple past and past participle of spell
  Quotations
  Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?
  c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]

/ˈspɛlt/

/ˈspɛlt/

noun
plural spelts
1. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
2. (metalworking) Spelter.
verb
third-person singular simple present spelts, present participle spelting, simple past and past participle spelted
1. (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.
  Quotations
  spelted Beans
  1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708