This week's theme: verbs. spall (spal) verb tr., intr.
To break into small pieces; to splinter. noun A chip or splinter, especially of stone. [Of unknown origin.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=spall -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'There's concrete that's been spalling away from the abutment,' said Brent Johnson, the city's deputy director of engineering." Matt Lakin; TDOT's Concrete Concerns; Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee); Apr 19, 2008. Sponsors' Messages: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 ............................................................................ Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE 3-65 CE) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/spall.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/spall.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/spall.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
