Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spalt \Spalt\, v. t. & i. [Cf. OE. spalden. See {Spalt}, a.]
   To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber,
   with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Spalt \Spalt\, n. [Cf. G. spaltstein, from spalten to split. See
   1st {Spell}.] (Metal.)
   Spelter. [Colloq.]

Spalt \Spalt\, a. [See 1st {Spell}.]
   1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

   2. Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]