\Spelk\, n. [AS. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a
thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones,
akin to Icel. spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. {Spell} a
splinter.]
A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a
splinter. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.