Definition of splint

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Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.

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Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
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..
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
Splinter :: Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.
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..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Immobilize :: Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
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..
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