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English Dictionary: Spalt by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spalt \Spalt\, n. [Cf. G. spaltstein, from spalten to split. See
      1st {Spell}.] (Metal.)
      Spelter. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spalt \Spalt\, a. [See 1st {Spell}.]
      1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
            [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      2. Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]
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