spelt — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

backwards, recommended, right, wrong

VERB + SPELT

eating, leaving, might've, name, scar, sound

SPELT + NOUN

arithmetic, bread, c, disaster, flour, rye, scaur, t

PREP.

in, out, with

ADV.

correctly, sometimes

Definitions

noun

1

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

noun

1

A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.

2

Spelter.

adj

1

Of dried beans: pounded, crushed, or split.

[H]alfe an houre after give him a pottell of Oates and a pinte of ſpelt Beanes, then a ſmall bottel of Hay: […]

The next day very early as may be, firſt feed, then dreſſe, after cloath and ſaddle, then ayre him abroad, and water him as hath been before ſhewed, after bring him home, and feed him with oats, ſpelt beans, and bread, as was laſt of all declared, onely very little Hay, […]

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Example Bank

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01

[H]alfe an houre after give him a pottell of Oates and a pinte of ſpelt Beanes, then a ſmall bottel of Hay: […]

Wiktionary

02

The next day very early as may be, firſt feed, then dreſſe, after cloath and ſaddle, then ayre him abroad, and water him as hath been before ſhewed, after bring him home, and feed him with oats, ſpelt

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03

Theſe loaves baked and cooled, after three days cut off the Cruſt, and with Oats well dryed and rubbed between your hands, being alſo winnowed and ſifted, and a quantity of the beſt ſpelt Beans; […]

Wiktionary

04

spelted Beans

Wiktionary

05

The plant's closure spelt disaster for the town.

Tatoeba · #3764950

06

There are many kinds of flour: wheat flour, spelt flour, rye flour, and many others.

Tatoeba · #6029163

Usage Notes

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