SPALT

n. a. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Spelter. [Colloq.]

2.
a.

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

3.
a.

Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]

4.
v.

To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

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