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Spall
WordNet
noun
(1) A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge
"A truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"
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Etymology
First documented between 1750 and 1769, of uncertain origin. Confer the Middle English term .