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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Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
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..
Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
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..
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..
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
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..
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
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..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence..
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