Definition of splint

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Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.

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Splinterproof :: Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom..
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set..
Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
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