"Let me take a spell in your place," says he.

The engineer was taking a short spell off duty, leaving his assistant in charge.

He's scared to leave home for fear his mother will take a spell and nobody there but the hired girl.

But when she takes a sick spell there's a fuss!

While Eddie took a spell on watch, I went inside to drink some coffee and warm up.

Once in a while a stone like this will take a better spell and locate dollar bills.

I'll be out in a few minutes to take a spell with Carson and Young.

Besides, he was always ready to relieve any man who wished to take a spell ashore for a time.

She had taken a null-grief spell, but still it hurt.

It took me a spell, working that out in my mind, to get the sense of it.