Definition of splint

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of splint is as below...

Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..

Lern More About Splint

Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.
Pyrrol :: Pyrrol (n.) A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
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..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us