Definition of spelling

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Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

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Spelling :: Spelling (a.) Of or pertaining to spelling.
Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
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..
Homography :: Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other..
Han''t :: Han't () A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't..
Endue :: Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.
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..
Misspelling :: Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspel.
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..
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright..
, 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..
Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..
Spelling :: Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.
Sawder :: Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
Orthographical :: Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic..
Hail :: Hail (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Discussive :: Discussive (a.) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
Spelling :: Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
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..
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