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Definition of spell

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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..

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Inorthography :: Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.

Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..

Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation..

Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure.

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..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..

Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly..

Cacographic :: Cacographic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled..

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..

Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach.

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 discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible..

Camphire :: Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.

Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.

Disencharm :: Disencharm (v. t.) To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.

Sir :: Sir (n.) A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.

Endoss :: Endoss (v. t.) To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.

Mispell :: Mispell (v. t.) Alt. of Mispen.

, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. Specifically :: , 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 () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize..