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

A knife used in splitting codfish. [Written also spalding knife.]

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair." Fuller.

A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

Of or pertaining to spanæmia; having impoverished blood.

To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Malone.

A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.

To wean. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

To spangle. [Obs.]

Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless. "The rich spangles that adorn the sky." Waller. Oak spangle. See under Oak.

One who, or that which, spangles.

Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.

A native or inhabitant of Spain.

To follow like a spaniel. [R.]

Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers. -- Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean. -- Spani…

To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.

Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger.