spalll (spal)

[Also spawl; a later form of spald1, in part due to spall1, n.] I. trans. 1. To split; splinter; chip; specifically,; specifically, in mining, to chip or break up roughly, as ore, preparatory to sorting the material.-2. [ II. in trans. To splinter; chip; give off spalls. spall i (spâl), n. [Also spawl ; spalle ; a var. of spell4 , speall , etc., in part due to spalll , v.: see spell4 , and cf. spald1 , spale1 .] spale1 .] A chip or linter thrown off, as in chopping or hewing; specifically, in masonry , a piece of stone now spe chipped off by a blow of a hammer or mallet. spall, spaw13 (spâl), n. [Also spaul , and formerly spald , spauld ; spauld ; spaule , spalde , spawde , espaule , * espaulde , F. épaule Sp. Pg. espalda = It. spall a , the shoulder, L. spatula , a broad blade: see spatula . Cf. epau- let .] The shoulder. [Obsolete or Scotch.] Their mightie strokes their haberjeons dismayld, And naked made each others manly spalles . = Spenser , F. Q., II. vi. 29.