spelch

verb

1. To splinter while being crosscut.

   intransitive

   Spelching can be avoided by cutting in from the outside face where possible.

Where it comes from

From Middle English spelc, or spilc (“little rod by which things are kept straight or a splint for binding up broken bones”), ultimately from Old Norse spelkur (“splints”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry spelch (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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