Definition of splint

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

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Splint :: Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
Spell :: Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter..
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..
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.
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..
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..
Splinting :: Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splin.
Splinter :: Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinte.
Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter..
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..
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..
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..
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..
Splinter :: Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.
Splintering :: Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinte.
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..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
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