▪ I. † splet, n. Obs.—1
(Meaning obscure.)
| 1552–3 in Swayne Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896) 97 A bottell of glasse w{supt} splettes. |
▪ II. splet, v. Now dial.
Also 6 splette.
[ad. Flem. or LG. spletten, obscurely related to split v. and spleet v.2]
1. trans. To split.
| 1530 Palsgr. 729, I splette a fysshe a sonder,..je ouuers. Some splet their pyckes whan they broyle them, but I wolde broyle them hole. 1545 R. Ascham Toxoph. ii. (Arb.) 109 To haue a goose quyll spletted and sewed againste the nockynge. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (E.D.S.) 174 Oh the Dowl splet tha! who told theckee Strammer? 1871–76 in Eng. Dial. Dict. |
† 2. To spread, smear. Obs.
| 1530 Palsgr. 729, I splette a saulve abrode upon a clothe, je placque. Splette this dyaculome upon a lynen clothe. |