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Spalt [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Cracked, as timber.

Spalt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A whitish scaly mineral, used to promote the fusion of metals.

Spalt [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.

3. To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.

Spalt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spalting knife Webster's Dictionary 1913

A knife used in splitting codfish.