Definition of splinter

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Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..

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Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
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..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
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..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter..
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..
Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Splinter :: Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
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