Vocabulary : Spall to Spanceling
Spall : The shoulder. ;; A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge. ;; To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. ;; To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. ;; 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.Spalpeen : A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Spalt : Spelter. ;; Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. ;; Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. ;; To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.
Spalting knife : A knife used in splitting codfish.
Span : imp. & p. p. of Spin. ;; The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom. ;; Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time. ;; The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports. ;; A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used. ;; A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action. ;; To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. ;; To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. ;; To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. ;; To be matched, as horses. ;; of Spin
