Definition of splint

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Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..

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Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
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..
Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; 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..
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
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..
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..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
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.
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