Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}or {Spelt}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Spelling}.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS.
   spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
   relate, Goth. spill?n.e {Spell} a tale. In sense 4 and those
   following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word,
   and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
   piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D.
   spellen to spell. Cf. {Spell} splinter.]
   1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]

            Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic
            rhymes.                               --T. Warton.

   2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
      spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. ``Spelled with
      words of power.'' --Dryden.

            He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
                                                  Buck.

   3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]

            The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
            did spell but one in effect.          --Fuller.

   4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
      word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the
      proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

            The word ``satire'' ought to be spelled with i, and
            not with y.                           --Dryden.

   5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
      difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the
      sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.

            To spell out a God in the works of creation.
                                                  --South.

            To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
            every accident.                       --Milton.

Spelt \Spelt\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Spell}. Spelled.

Spelt \Spelt\, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.)
   A species of grain ({Triticum Spelta}) much cultivated for
   food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also {German
   wheat}.

Spelt \Spelt\, n. [See {Spalt}.] (Metal.)
   Spelter. [Colloq.]

Spelt \Spelt\, v. t. & i. [See {Spell} a splinter.]
   To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

Source : WordNet®

spell
     v 1: recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you
          spell this word?"
     2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn:
         {import}]
     3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally
        accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled
        the word wrong in this letter" [syn: {write}]
     4: place under a spell [ant: {unspell}]
     [also: {spelt}]

spelt
     n : hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn:
         {Triticum spelta}, {Triticum aestivum spelta}]

spell
     n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a
          magical incantation [syn: {enchantment}, {trance}]
     2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
        someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: {go},
         {tour}, {turn}]
     3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by
        some action or condition; "he was here for a little
        while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good
        weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: {while}, {piece},
         {patch}]
     4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he
        whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed
        around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: {magic spell},
         {charm}]
     [also: {spelt}]

spelt
     See {spell}