- (v.t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
- (v.t.) Splint or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
- (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.
- (v.t.) A piece split off; a splinter.
- (v.t.) To split into splints or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
- (v.t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
- (v.t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
- (v.t.) A splint bone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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