• (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Spelk noun [ Anglo-Saxon spelc , spilc , a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to Icelandic spelkur , plural, a splint. Confer Spell a splinter.] A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [ Prov. Eng.] ...