Spelt vs Parting - What's the difference?
spelt | parting |
(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 act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxi. 21
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
* Byron
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US )
(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
(chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
(geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
(nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
(mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between spelt and parting
is that spelt is (chiefly|british) (spell) or spelt can be (obsolete) to split; to break; to spalt while parting is .As nouns the difference between spelt and parting
is that spelt is a grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species triticum spelta or spelt can be (dialect|northern england|scotland) a thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter while parting is the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.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?
Usage notes
The form spelt'' may predominate over ''spelled in parts of North America with heavier English settlement since the 19th century. One such place is Utah.Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(-)See also
* (wikipedia "spelt") * emmer * farroEtymology 3
From (etyl) spalden, or (etyl) spald.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----parting
English
Noun
(en noun)- The parting of the way.
- And there were sudden partings ,such as press / The life from out young hearts.
- But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.