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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spelkit, -yt, ppl. adj. [Spelk v.] Splintered, damaged. —1540 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 224.
We ordand na man within our burgh to haif na half firlattis bot ane within his fredome and ordines that it haif our comon burn and nocht spelkyt nor fraud nor gill c1590 J. Stewart 68/131.
Thair maist pithie speris vith ane crak At the first chok fla spelkit on the greine … And now thir tuo dois vapinles remaine
