ˈspeldər verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: obsolete English speld to split open, spread open (from Middle English spelden, probably alteration — influenced by spelde splinter — of spalden to split, spread open, from Middle Low German, from Old High German spaltan to split) + English -er (as in batter ) — more at spill
transitive verb
chiefly Scotland : split
intransitive verb
chiefly Scotland : stretch , sprawl