Vocabulary : Spellwork to Spendthrift

Spellwork : Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.
Spelt : of Spell ;; imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled. ;; A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat. ;; Spelter. ;; To split; to break; to spalt.
Spelter : Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.
Spelunc : A cavern; a cave.
Spence : A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. ;; The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.

Spencer : One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. ;; A short jacket worn by men and by women. ;; A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
Spend : To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. ;; To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. ;; To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices. ;; To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad. ;; To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. ;; To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. ;; To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. ;; To be diffused; to spread. ;; To break ground; to continue working.
Spender : One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
Spending : of Spend ;; The act of expending; expenditure.
Spendthrift : One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. ;; Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

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