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English to English noun
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a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge |  | Example: a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls
source: wordnet30
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The shoulder. | | source: webster1913
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A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. | | source: webster1913
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To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface. | | source: webster1913
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