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Spalling

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Word	Definition
erosionnoun	(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
disintegrationnoun	A process by which anything disintegrates.
falling	a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
weakeningnoun	An instance or process of loss of strength.
scabblingnoun	Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer.
spawlnoun	(archaic) Scattered or ejected spittle.
shinglingnoun	The act of covering with shingles.
spallernoun	A person who breaks down stone into smaller pieces.
chunkingnoun	(psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
spalenoun	A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
spalingnoun	(shipbuilding) Synonym of spale.
bush hammernoun	A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing, or give it a pockmarked and weathered aspect.
chippingnoun	(uncountable) The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
skifflingnoun	Playing skifflemusic.
spadingnoun	The act by which soil is spaded, or turned over by digging.
bushhammernoun	Alternative form of bush hammer. [A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing, or give it a pockmarked and weathered aspect.]
flakingnoun	A piece of flaked material.
spilingnoun	(nautical) The edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.
stonefallnoun	The fall of loose stones from a natural surface.