3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spalt  \Spalt\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [Cf.  OE  spalden  See  {Spalt},  a.] 
  To  split  off  to  cleave  off  as  chips  from  a  piece  of  timber, 
  with  an  ax  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Local,  U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spalt  \Spalt\,  n.  [Cf.  G.  spaltstein  from  spalten  to  split.  See 
  1st  {Spell}.]  (Metal.) 
  Spelter.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spalt  \Spalt\,  a.  [See  1st  {Spell}.] 
  1.  Liable  to  break  or  split;  brittle;  as  spalt  timber. 
  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  2.  Heedless;  clumsy;  pert;  saucy.  [Prov.  Eng.] 

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