Spelt vs Fitch - What's the difference?
spelt | fitch |
(chiefly, British) (spell)
* 1590 , (William Shakespeare), , v 1
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species Triticum spelta.
(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
(metalworking) spelter
The (European polecat), Mustela putorius .
The skin of the polecat
In obsolete terms the difference between spelt and fitch
is that spelt is to split; to break; to spalt while fitch is A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt".As nouns the difference between spelt and fitch
is that spelt is a grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species ''Triticum spelta while fitch is the European polecat, Mustela putorius.As a verb spelt
is past tense of spell.spelt
English
Etymology 1
See (spell)Alternative forms
* spelled (qualifier)Verb
(head)- Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?