Spall : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Spall	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Spall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spall n a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" Synonym(s): spall, spawl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spall \Spall\, n. [OF. espaule; cf. It. spalla. See {Epaule}.] The shoulder. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spall \Spall\, n. [Prov. E. spall, spell. See {Spale}, {Spell} a splinter.] A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spall \Spall\, v. t. 1. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. --Pryce. 2. (Masonry) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spall \Spall\, v. i. To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.