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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Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
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..
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..
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
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..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
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..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
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..
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
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..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
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..
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