spalledadj.
/spɔːld/ 1. Dressed or broken with the hammer. More widely, broken off or chipped by spalling. Also spalled-off.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > hammered
hammered1522
spalled1793
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] > broken off > chipped or splintered (off)
chipped1779
spalled1793
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > dressed or hewn
hewnc1400
hewed1551
broached1625
droved1754
tooled1815
spalled1867
dressed1870
boasted1884
scutched1893
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 194 The spawled parts, parallel to the grain of the Rock.
1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) II. 66 In the process of cobbing either ragged or spalled work, the greatest care..should be given [etc.].
1931 G. W. Tyrrell Volcanoes ii. 67 Such rocks..may be distinguished from agglomerate by the..occurrence of fragments of spalled-off scoria in the interstices between the blocks.
1971 Ann. Rep. Delegates Sci. Area Univ. Oxford 67 Coke ash slag on spalled ends of Steetley tarred dolomite blocks.
1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 924/3 Spalled and fractured brickwork was cut out and replaced.
2. spalled rubble n. (see quot. 1839).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > small or undressed stones for filling in
pinning1534
rubble1542
rubble work1675
rubble stone1833
hearting1837
spalled rubble1839
hardcore1842
scruff-stone1869
moellon1875
1839 Sat. Mag. 16 Feb. 58/1 That kind of careful masonry, called [in Ireland] Spauled Rubble; in which small stones shaped by the hammer..are placed in every interstice of the larger stones.
1888 G. T. Stokes Ireland & Celtic Church (ed. 2) 233 The tower is externally of ashlar or spawled rubble work.
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adj.1793