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spawl

UK/spɔːl/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge

  • “a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls”
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Origin

Perhaps representing a frequentative form of spew.

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