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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Spall

Spall, n.

noun

(spawl), n. [O. Fr. espaule, espalde, Pr. & O. Sp. espalla, It. spalla. See EPAULE.]

  1. The shoulder. “And naked made each other’s manly spalls.” Spenser.
  2. [Prov. Eng. spall, spell, from O. & Prov. Ger. spellen, to split.] [Written also spale.] A chip; a fragment. [Obs.]

Spall, v. t.

verbtransitive

(Mining.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the sake of separating from rock. Pryce.