v. Obs. rare. [ad. OF. espelucher, esplucher (mod.F. éplucher), f. pelucher of uncertain origin.] refl. Of a hawk: To clean (itself) with the beak.
c. 1450. Bk. Hawking, in Rel. Ant., I. 298. Put her oute a-gayn to prowne and spalch herself.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Hawking, b vii b. When she begynnyth to penne, and plumyth, and spalchith and pikith her selfe.
