† spaltn.¹

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Obsolete. rare.

A silly or foolish person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]

dizzyc825

cang?c1225

foolc1225

apec1330

mopc1330

saddle-goosec1346

mis-feelinga1382

foltc1390

mopec1390

fona1400

buffardc1430

fopc1440

joppec1440

fonda1450

fondlinga1450

insipienta1513

plume of feathers1530

bobolynec1540

dizzard1546

Little Witham?1548

nodc1563

dawkin1565

cocknel1566

nigion1570

niddicock1577

nodcock1577

cuckoo1581

Jack with the feather1581

niddipol1582

noddyship?1589

stirkc1590

fonkin1591

Gibraltar1593

fopper1598

noddypeak1598

coxcombry1600

simple1600

gowka1605

nup1607

fooliaminy1608

silly ass1608

dosser-head1612

dor1616

glow-worm1624

liripipea1625

doodle1629

sop1637

spalt1639

fool's head1650

buffle1655

Jack Adams1656

bufflehead1659

nincompoopc1668

bavian1678

nokes1679

foolanea1681

cod1699

hulver-head1699

nigmenog1699

single ten1699

mud1703

dowf1722

foolatum1740

silly billy1749

tommy noddy1774

arsec1785

nincom1800

silly1807

slob1810

omadhaun1818

potwalloper1820

mosy1824

amadan1825

gump1825

gype1825

oonchook1825

prawn1845

suck-egg1851

goosey1852

nowmun1854

pelican1856

poppy-show1860

buggerlugs1861

damfool1881

mudhead1882

yob1886

peanut head1891

haggis bag1892

poop1893

gazob1906

mush1906

wump1908

zob1911

gorm1912

goof1916

goofus1916

gubbins1916

dumb cluck1922

twat1922

B.F.1925

goofer1925

bird brain1926

berk1929

Berkeley1929

Berkeley Hunt1929

ding1929

loogan1929

stupido1929

poop-stick1930

nelly1931

droop1932

diddy1933

slappy1937

goof ball1938

get1940

poon1940

tonk1941

clot1942

yuck1943

possum1945

gobdaw1947

momo1953

nig-nog1953

plonker1955

weenie1956

nong-nong1959

Berkshire Hunt1960

balloon1965

doofus1965

dork1965

nana1965

shit-for-brains1966

schmoll1967

tosspot1967

lunchbox1969

doof1971

tonto1973

dorkus1979

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

wally1980

wally brain1981

der-brain1983

langer1983

numpty1985

sotong1988

fanny1995

fannybaws2000

1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. 26 I can no wayes excuse those Gossips..who are rapt in the companie of certaine Spalts [Fr. impertinés], so they have good clothes, or talk but of the Queene or Princesse.

1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman ii. 59 What they only do of purpose to take some Spalt [Fr. insensé].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

† spaltn.²

Etymology: < German spalt: see spald v.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials used in metallurgical processes > [noun] > other metallurgical materials

fixes1594

spalt1668

slacken1670

thickening1872

cementa1877

fake1877

salt bath1913

inoculant1931

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iii. §3. 66 Metal[s]..used for..Making of Soder, being like Tinn, but more hard and brittle: Spelter, Zink, Spalt.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Spalt, or Spelt, a white, scaly, shining Stone, frequently used to promote the Fusion of Metals... The English Spalt is generally very hard. [Hence in Bailey, etc.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

spaltadj.

Forms: Also 1700s– spolt, spoult.

Etymology: Related to spalt v.

Now dialect.

Of wood: Brittle, short-grained; breaking easily through dryness or decay. In some dialects also applied to other things.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > brittle

brash1566

spalt1567

froughya1642

short-grained1694

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 124^v Nor Hazle spalt, nor Ash wherof the shafts of speares made bee.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxii. i. 341 The parke oke is the softest, and far more spalt and brickle than the hedge oke.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 113 The Beech is more spalt and short in it self than many others be.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 154 The Wind's Damage, that is often fatal to some of the Arms of this spalt, brittle Wood.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Spolt The rafters of the church of Norwich are said to be spolt.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 110.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

spaltv.

/spɔːlt/

Forms: Also 1700s spault.

Etymology: probably < Dutch and Flemish spalte (West Frisian spjalte ), = German spalzen , related to spald v.

dialect.

intransitive and transitive. To split, tear, splinter, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (intransitive)]

renda1325

racec1390

sundera1393

shearc1450

ruska1525

rent1526

tear1526

to go abroad1568

raga1642

spalt1731

screeda1801

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crack, split, or cleave

chinea700

to-chinec725

cleavea1225

to-cleavec1275

rivec1330

to-slentc1380

to-sundera1393

cracka1400

rifta1400

chapc1420

crevec1450

break1486

slave?1523

chink1552

chop1576

coame1577

cone1584

slat1607

cleft1610

splita1625

checka1642

chicka1642

flaw1648

shale1712

vent1721

spalt1731

star1842

seam1880

tetter1911

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)]

tearc1000

renta1325

reavea1400

lacerate?a1425

raise?a1425

rivea1425

shearc1450

unsoundc1450

ranch?a1525

rechec1540

pilla1555

wreathe1599

intertear1603

shark1611

vulture1628

to tear at1848

spalt1876

1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 117 It Spaults up from below the Staple.

1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 124 The Danger of tearing (or spaulting) up of the Under-Stratum along with the Staple.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 269 Spalt,..to chip, to splint.

1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (at cited word) I must get a mattick,..and spalt they old stubs off.

Derivatives

ˈspalting n.

ΚΠ

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 269 Spaltings, branches of trees that are broken off, or riven by the wind.

Draft additions 1993

2. intransitive. To become spalted.

ΚΠ

1977 Fine Woodworking Summer 51/1 Apple spalts, but oh boy does it crack!

Draft additions 1993

ˈspalting n.

ΚΠ

1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 124 The Danger of tearing (or spaulting) up of the Under-Stratum along with the Staple.

1731²*Spaulting [see main sense].

1977 Fine Woodworking Summer 50/1 Spalting is caused by water and fungus.

1980 R. B. Hoadley Understanding Wood ii. 35 (caption) As certain white rots develop, dark zone lines form, as on this piece of sugar maple, above. This type of decay is called spalting.

1990 Woodworker July 723/2 Beech..is excellent for carving on top of an already turned piece, as the spalting weakens the fibres in the wood.

[see spalt v.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1639

n.²1668

adj.1567

v.1731

单词	spalt
释义	† spaltn.¹ Etymology: Of obscure origin. Obsolete. rare. A silly or foolish person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. 26 I can no wayes excuse those Gossips..who are rapt in the companie of certaine Spalts [Fr. impertinés], so they have good clothes, or talk but of the Queene or Princesse. 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman ii. 59 What they only do of purpose to take some Spalt [Fr. insensé]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † spaltn.² Etymology: < German spalt: see spald v. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials used in metallurgical processes > [noun] > other metallurgical materials fixes1594 spalt1668 slacken1670 thickening1872 cementa1877 fake1877 salt bath1913 inoculant1931 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iii. §3. 66 Metal[s]..used for..Making of Soder, being like Tinn, but more hard and brittle: Spelter, Zink, Spalt. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Spalt, or Spelt, a white, scaly, shining Stone, frequently used to promote the Fusion of Metals... The English Spalt is generally very hard. [Hence in Bailey, etc.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spaltadj. Forms: Also 1700s– spolt, spoult. Etymology: Related to spalt v. Now dialect. Of wood: Brittle, short-grained; breaking easily through dryness or decay. In some dialects also applied to other things. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > brittle brash1566 spalt1567 froughya1642 short-grained1694 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 124^v Nor Hazle spalt, nor Ash wherof the shafts of speares made bee. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxii. i. 341 The parke oke is the softest, and far more spalt and brickle than the hedge oke. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 113 The Beech is more spalt and short in it self than many others be. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 154 The Wind's Damage, that is often fatal to some of the Arms of this spalt, brittle Wood. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Spolt The rafters of the church of Norwich are said to be spolt. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 110. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). spaltv. /spɔːlt/ Forms: Also 1700s spault. Etymology: probably < Dutch and Flemish spalte (West Frisian spjalte ), = German spalzen , related to spald v. dialect. intransitive and transitive. To split, tear, splinter, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (intransitive)] renda1325 racec1390 sundera1393 shearc1450 ruska1525 rent1526 tear1526 to go abroad1568 raga1642 spalt1731 screeda1801 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crack, split, or cleave chinea700 to-chinec725 cleavea1225 to-cleavec1275 rivec1330 to-slentc1380 to-sundera1393 cracka1400 rifta1400 chapc1420 crevec1450 break1486 slave?1523 chink1552 chop1576 coame1577 cone1584 slat1607 cleft1610 splita1625 checka1642 chicka1642 flaw1648 shale1712 vent1721 spalt1731 star1842 seam1880 tetter1911 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] tearc1000 renta1325 reavea1400 lacerate?a1425 raise?a1425 rivea1425 shearc1450 unsoundc1450 ranch?a1525 rechec1540 pilla1555 wreathe1599 intertear1603 shark1611 vulture1628 to tear at1848 spalt1876 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 117 It Spaults up from below the Staple. 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 124 The Danger of tearing (or spaulting) up of the Under-Stratum along with the Staple. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 269 Spalt,..to chip, to splint. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (at cited word) I must get a mattick,..and spalt they old stubs off. Derivatives ˈspalting n. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 269 Spaltings, branches of trees that are broken off, or riven by the wind. Draft additions 1993 2. intransitive. To become spalted. ΚΠ 1977 Fine Woodworking Summer 51/1 Apple spalts, but oh boy does it crack! Draft additions 1993 ˈspalting n. ΚΠ 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 124 The Danger of tearing (or spaulting) up of the Under-Stratum along with the Staple. 1731²Spaulting [see main sense]. 1977 Fine Woodworking* Summer 50/1 Spalting is caused by water and fungus. 1980 R. B. Hoadley Understanding Wood ii. 35 (caption) As certain white rots develop, dark zone lines form, as on this piece of sugar maple, above. This type of decay is called spalting. 1990 Woodworker July 723/2 Beech..is excellent for carving on top of an already turned piece, as the spalting weakens the fibres in the wood. [see spalt v.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1639n.²1668adj.1567v.1731
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† spaltn.1

† spaltn.2

spaltadj.

spaltv.

Derivatives

Draft additions 1993

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† spaltn.¹

† spaltn.²