Definition of splint

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

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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..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
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..
Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..
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.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Splinted :: Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent..
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
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..
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..
Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Splintered :: Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2..
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
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