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A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]

A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]

Spelter. [Colloq.]

To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.] Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. T. Warton.

Capable of being spelt. Carlyle.

Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also spoony.] [Colloq.]

a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]

arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]

tent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali. [Spelt also Teloogoo.]

Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt also unrivalled.] Pope.

for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt.

Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil. [Spelt also Vergilian.] The rich Virgilian rustic measure Of Lari Maxume. Tennyson.

Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings. [Spelt also yclept.] It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer. But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. Milton. Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb.

silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite. [Spelt also jenite.]

A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also yokin.] Whitworth.