spaultyadj.

/ˈspɔːlti/

Forms: Also spoalty, spoulty.

Etymology: < spalt adj. + -y suffix¹.

dialect.

Dry and brittle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile

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spaulty1895

1895 J. J. Raven Hist. Suffolk xix. 266 When turnips are hard and brittle..they are said to be spoalty, which William Ellis (1750) spells spalt, and Professor Skeat notes as a Cambridge-Shire word.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 643/1 Them turnips is spoulty.

1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 238 Did he promise me a set of iron cramps or ties for the roof? They never came to hand, or else they were spaulty or cracked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spaulty
释义	spaultyadj. /ˈspɔːlti/ Forms: Also spoalty, spoulty. Etymology: < spalt adj. + -y suffix¹. dialect. Dry and brittle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile bricklec1225 froughc1275 brisel1303 brocklec1315 brittlea1382 fraila1382 brotelc1384 frangiblec1440 frushing1488 bruckle1513 brash1566 breakable1570 weak1581 glassya1591 brake1600 frushy1610 fragilea1616 kexy1641 brickly1670 cracky1725 fractile1727 frush1802 slattery1829 crackable1862 snappable1866 smashable1884 spaulty1895 1895 J. J. Raven Hist. Suffolk xix. 266 When turnips are hard and brittle..they are said to be spoalty, which William Ellis (1750) spells spalt, and Professor Skeat notes as a Cambridge-Shire word. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 643/1 Them turnips is spoulty. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 238 Did he promise me a set of iron cramps or ties for the roof? They never came to hand, or else they were spaulty or cracked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1895
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