Definition of splint

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

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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..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
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..
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
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..
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..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
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..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
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..
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..
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