SPALT

Etymology

Noun

spalt (uncountable)

Spelter.

Adjective

spalt (comparative more spalt, superlative most spalt)

(of wood) Brittle.

Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.

Verb

spalt (third-person singular simple present spalts, present participle spalting, simple past and past participle spalted)

(ambitransitive) To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter.

Synonym: spall

Anagrams

• -plast, plats, slapt, splat

Source: Wiktionary


Spalt, n. Etym: [Cf. G. spaltstein, from spalten to split. See 1st Spell.] (Metal.)

Definition: Spelter. [Colloq.]

Spalt, a. Etym: [See 1st Spell.]

1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]

Spalt, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. OE. spalden. See Spalt, a.]

Definition: To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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