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*** Noun
[~] [spall]
1. The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1919 | title=The British Clay Worker | volume=27 | page=xxxi
|passage=In the British-made Greek bricks the magma is not so evenly
distributed, but after successive SPALLINGS the brick is converted bit by bit
into the larger crystal formation [...]}}
1. Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation .
2. * [en]
3. A fragment or chip of stone.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1967 | title=Mining Engineering | volume=19 | page=136
|passage=A third process fluid, water, is employed to cool the burner and to
aid in the removal of SPALLINGS.}}
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