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spalt

spalt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  2. 2.Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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