spalt

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spalt \Spalt\, n. [Cf. G. spaltstein, from spalten to split. See 1st Spell.] (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Spalt \Spalt\, a. [See 1st Spell.]

1.Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

2.Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Spalt \Spalt\, v. t. & i. [Cf. OE. spalden. See Spalt, a.] To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
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