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Definition of Spalled
1. spall [v] - See also: spall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spalled
Literary usage of Spalled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1916)
"Surface very badly spalled and disintegrated, not cracked thru much. 2. ...
Only about a dozen small spots where glass has spalled off. No scum on surface. ..."
2. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906: And Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Joseph Austin Holmes, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell, Frank Soulé (1907)
"XL, A) also shows earthquake cracks, and is badly spalled by the fire. The stonework
was slightly spalled by the heat. The metal frames between the windows ..."
3. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: A Brief History of the Disaster; a by Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright (1906)
"The Market Street front is in good condition, a few of the window openings only
being slightly spalled, those on the west side having suffered the most. ..."
4. Safety Engineering (1915)
"In the buildings the interior columns were spalled off at the corners, exposing
the reinforcement and in a few cases they failed altogether. ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1909)
"At 22 minutes the block in the center of the third row spalled on the lower edge
to a ... At 30 minutes the center block in the sixth row spalled, the crack ..."
6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"Terra cotta brick spalled everywhere. The walls of the Mills and Merchants'
Exchange Buildings are to be removed. Moulded terra cotta brick and pressed ..."
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