A spalting knife. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Spell a splinter. ]
n. [ OF. espaule; cf. It. spalla. See Epaule. ] The shoulder. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ir. spailpin, fr. spailp a beau, pride, self-conceit. ] A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. spaltstein, from spalten to split. See 1st Spell. ] (Metal.) Spelter. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See 1st Spell. ]
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]