plural of spelling

simple past tense and past participle of spell

present participle of spell

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. / (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. / A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. / (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

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

(transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

(transitive) To work in place of (someone). / (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break. / (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.

A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. / (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. / The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.