Spalt /(?)/

Spalt

n.
  1. Spelter. (Metal.) [Colloq.]

Spalt

a.
  1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]

Spalt

v. t. & i.
  1. To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]