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spall

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1. spall - Noun

2. spall - Verb

3. Spall - Proper noun

Meaning

The shoulder.

A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.

To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.

To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.

To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'. Rafe Spall

a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls Source: Internet

Anchored by a magnificent central performance from Timothy Spall, Mr Turner is another glorious ensemble piece from the writer-director of Topsy-Turvy and Vera Drake. Source: Internet

Ed Jacobson (Spall) leads a fairly ordinary existence. Source: Internet

The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob Hoskins and David Thewlis. Source: Internet

In April Team GB sent the athletes to a training camp for two weeks in South Korea to prepare for the upcoming World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) Championships in Russia, for which Mr Spall has been selected. Source: Internet

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