Definition of splint

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

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Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
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..
Immobilize :: Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
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..
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 :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
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..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
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..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence..
Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..
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