Displicence :: Displicence (n.) Alt. of Displicenc.

Displicency :: Displicency (n.) Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.

Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..

Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..

Hairsplitter :: Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Hairsplitting :: Hairsplitting (a.) Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.

Hairsplitting :: Hairsplitting (n.) The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

Resplit :: Resplit (v. t. & i.) To split again.

Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Splice :: Splicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splic.

Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope..

Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast..

Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite in marrige.

Spliced :: Spleuchan (n.) A pouch, as for tobacco..

Splicing :: Spliced (imp. & p. p.) of Splic.

Spline :: Splice (n.) A junction or joining made by splicing.

Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..

Splining :: Spline (n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler..

Splint :: Splining (a.) Of or pertaining to a spline.

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

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..

Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.

Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence..

Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..

Splint :: Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splin.

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

Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..

Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.

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

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

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