spall n also spawl*, spaw* [phonetics unavailable].. Cp EDD ~ sb 1 'a chip ... of wood or stone' esp s w cties and Ir
1 A gouge, nick or cut.
[1900 OLIVER & BURKE] 63 "The Wedding Cake": When they loaded an old rusty gun, / To blow a spaul off the side. P 205-55 ~ Nick in the edge of an axe. P 148-60 There are numerous spawls in the table.
2 Small, thin sliver of wood used as kindling. Cp SPLIT n (C 71-123).
P 37 ~s. Kindling for fire. P 68-54 1 have to get my spawls for the morning.
