Add to ORKGspall n_Folk Language_: very thin piece of kindling wood. _"Spaws"_. These were not like "splits" which were deliberately cut to a certain size to start a fire, but were rather pieces driven away from an one when someone cleaved wood. My mother would have to resort to a "few spaws" if we were not around to make splits.YesDICT. CEN. DNE-citJWUsed IUsed INot usedspawl*, spaw*, SPLITNewfoundland Folklore Survey citation is referenced but not directly quoted in the DNE