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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Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
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 splint bone.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
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..
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
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..
Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
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..
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
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..
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