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Splinter
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott.
2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. Bp. Wren.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To become split into long pieces.