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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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..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
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..
Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
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..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
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