Spalt

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Spelter. [Colloq.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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