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spall

[spawl] ,
–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


spaller, noun
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.]
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