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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Cacography :: Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Dyke :: Dyke (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
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..
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..
Resent :: Resent (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i..
Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
, 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..
Homography :: Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other..
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..
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.
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
Inorthography :: Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.
Hail :: Hail (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly..
Camphire :: Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.
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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