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Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..

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

Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..

Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; 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..

Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..

Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter..

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..

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..

Spill :: Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

Splinter :: Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.

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..

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..

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.

Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.

Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.

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

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