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noun
1.
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
verb (used with object)
2.
to break into smaller pieces, as ore; split or chip.
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Spalling
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verb (used without object)
3.
to break or split off in chips or bits.
Origin:
1750–60; origin uncertain; compare late Middle English spalle a chip
1750–60; origin uncertain; compare late Middle English spalle a chip
Related forms
spall·er, noun
non·spall·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
spall
"chip of stone," 1440, from M.E. verb spald "to split" (c.1400), from M.L.G. spalden, cognate with O.H.G. spaltan "to split" (see spill).
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