spelding (spelding)

[Also spelden, speldring, speldrin, speldron; Spelerpes ruber. numerous broken black bands. S. bilineatus, a common species of the Northern States, has a black line along each side of the back, and the belly yellow. S. ruber is of a bright-red color, more or le spotted with black, and is found in cold springs and brooks. S. bell i is the largest; it is plumbeous, with a double row of red spots on the back, and inhabits Mexico. spell spelll (spel), v. [ It 's I have intill Paris been, And well my drift can spell . Young Child Dyeing (Child's Ballads, IV. 267). 2. To act as a spell upon; entrance; enthrall fascinate; charm.-3. To imbue with magic properties. This [hippomanes), gathered... With noxious weeds, and spell'd with words of power, Dire stepdames in the magic bowl infuse. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iii. 445. II.t in trans. To tell; tell a story; give an account. Now of marschalle of halle wylle I spelle , And what falle to hys offyce now wylle y telle. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 310. spell2 (spel), v.; pret. and pp. spelled or spelt, ppr. spelling. [late ME. spellen; a particular use of spell i, tell, appar. due to D. use: MD. spellen, declare, explain, explain in detail or point by point, spell, D. spellen, spell; cf. OF. espeller, espeler, declare, spell, F. épeler, spell, = Pr. espelar, espelhar, declare ( IMG:content-1692.jpg:[graphic] Spellyn (letters). Sillabico. Prompt . Parv ., p. 468. A few commonplace and ill- spelled letters, a few wise or witty words, are all the direct record she has left of herself. The Century , XL. 649. 2. To read letter by letter, or with laborious effort; hence, to discover by careful study; make out point by point: often with out or over.