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Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..

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..

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..

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

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

Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.

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

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..

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..

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

Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

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..

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

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

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..

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

Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.

Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..

Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..

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