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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Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
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..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
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..
Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
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..
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
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..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
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