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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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