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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.






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"Spall" Quotes from Famous Books



... tool, the flint saw, had already been made. The tools and processes were all rude and great skill and dexterity were required in the operator. "Lafitau says the polishing of a stone ax requires generations to complete. Mr. Joseph D. McGuire fabricates a grooved jade ax from an entirely rough spall in ...
— Folkways - A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals • William Graham Sumner



Words linked to "Spall" :   fragment, spawl



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