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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.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to break or split off in chips or bits.
Origin:
1750–60;
orig. uncert.; cf. late ME
spalle
a chip
Related forms:
spaller,
noun
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spall
(spôl)
n. A chip, fragment, or flake from a piece of stone or ore.
v.
spalled
,
spall·ing
,
spalls
v.
tr.
To break up into chips or fragments.
v.
intr.
To chip or crumble.
[Middle English
spalle
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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