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

Capable of being spelt. Carlyle.

To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er (#), n.

Bound by, or as by, a spell.

One who spells.

Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.

The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

A theater. [Slang] Byron.

that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.

A proverb. [Obs.]

See Misspell, Misspend, etc.

To spell incorrectly.

A wrong spelling.

To spell again.

To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.] Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelites unspelled. Dryden.

A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]

Although. [Reformed spelling] Alt"horn`, n. Etym: [Alt + horn.] (Mus.)

See Embassy, the usual spelling. Helps.

A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal, a.