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Spall   /spɔl/   Listen
Spall

noun
1.
A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.  Synonym: spawl.






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"Spall" Quotes from Famous Books



... repaired here. But, while a few specimens showed that their fabricators were masters of the chipping art, most of them were roughly finished. Some which are so little altered from the original form of the rough flake or spall that they would be classed as "rejects" if found about a flint workshop have a smoothness or "hand polish" which denotes much service. There is the possibility, of course, that hunting or traveling parties from some other part of the country ...
— Archeological Investigations - Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 • Gerard Fowke



Words linked to "Spall" :   fragment, spawl



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