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spale

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026

A strengthening cross timber.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(Now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal, Scotland) A chip or splinter of wood.

Origin: From , perhaps partly from or , both from ; and partly as an alteration of , from ; both from , to split in two, split in half. Cognate with , dialectal , dialectal , spela, a splinter, . See also split. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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