Definition of spelling

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Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.

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Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects..
Nomic :: Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.
Nomic :: Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods..
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Cacography :: Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Orthographical :: Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic..
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..
Aphthong :: Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound..
Ambassy :: Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling..
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Misspelling :: Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspel.
Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.
Heterographic :: Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic..
, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. () Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically..
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly..
Heterography :: Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger..
Phonetist :: Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
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