Spēlk, n.

n. [A-S. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, Icel. spialk, a small rod on a loom, spilker, a splint, spellur, pl., spokes; Sw. spjälke, spjälje, D. spalk.] A small stick or rod used in thatching; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.