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A piece split off; a splinter. |
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A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep
in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when
set. |
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A splint bone. |
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A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or
hard excrescence. |
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One of the small plates of metal used in making splint
armor. See Splint armor, below. |
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Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent. |
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To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to
splinter; to shiver. |
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To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See
Splint, n., 2. |
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