- (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.
- (v.i.) To become split into long pieces.
- (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
- (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters or splints, as a broken limb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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