spallern.
/ˈspɔːlə/ 1. A person employed in spalling.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > other woodworkers
rough-hewer1574
hoop-shaver1688
timber-taster1803
spaller1843
pump log borer1857
stamp-cutter1858
creosoter1889
timberman1890
worm-eater1890
slabby1907
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who washes or dresses ore
vanner1671
buddler1747
cobber1778
jigger1778
jigman1849
puddler1855
buddle-boy1860
spaller1884
tozer1885
stamps-man1891
gravitater1894
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 171 The spallers employ heavy axe-formed or muckle-hammers, for spalling or scaling off smaller flakes.
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 51/2 The poor ore of the spallers is subjected to the cobbling process.
1894 Labour Commission Gloss. Spallers, women who, with a mallet, break the tin-ore as it comes from the mine-shaft into small pieces.
2. A spalling-machine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for crushing ore
stamping-mill1552
bucker1653
buck1683
stamp-mill1752
Ball stamp1860
jaw-breaker1877
jaw-crusher1877
spaller1877
arrastre1881
trapiche1881
gravitation stamp1894
ball mill1895
gravity stamp1903
slugger1903
tube-mill1909
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 37 The quartz can be delivered at the ‘spaller’ for less than $2 per ton.
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