Definition of spell

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Spell (n.) A story; a tale.

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Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure.
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
By-spell :: By-spell (n.) A proverb.
Speller :: Speller (n.) One who spells.
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm..
Phonetist :: Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
Nomic :: Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods..
Sir :: Sir (n.) A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
Orthographist :: Orthographist (n.) One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell..
Spell :: Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead..
Mispell :: Mispell (v. t.) Alt. of Mispen.
Moly :: Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe..
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..
Spelling :: Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography..
Spellbound :: Spellbound (a.) Bound by, or as by, a spell..
Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..
Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..
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