present participle of spell

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. / (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

plural of spelling

simple past tense and past participle of spell

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. / The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

(transitive) To work in place of (someone). / (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break. / (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.

(transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. / A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. / (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. / (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).