Now dial. [Related to SPELD v. in the same way as SPALT v. to SPALD v. Cf. G. spelzen to husk.] trans. To husk or pound (grain); to bruise or split (esp. beans). Hence Spelted ppl. a. (Cf. SPELK v.2)
1570. Levins, Manip., 58. To spelt corne, tundere, eglumare.
1607. Markham, Cavel., V. (1617), 8. The loues in some places are rould in spelted beanes. Ibid. (1620), Farew. Husb., XV. 137. The garden Pease … serue … for pottage, boiling, parching or spelting. Ibid. (1623), Cheap Husb. (ed. 3), I. 52. If then you cause those beanes to be spelted vpon a milne, and so mixt with oates, it will recouer him.
1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), I. 258. Feed them with Oats, spelted Beans, Barley-meal, or Ground-Malt mixed with Milk.
1877. in N. W. Linc. Gloss.
