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Webster 1913 Edition
Splinter
Splin′ter
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Splintered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Splintering
.] 1.
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver;
as, the lightning
. splinters
a treeAfter
splintering
their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott.
2.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Bp. Wren.
Splin′ter
,Verb.
I.
To become split into long pieces.
Splin′ter
,Noun.
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 shotSplinter bar
. (a)
A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs
. (b)
The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree.
Webster 1828 Edition
Splinter
SPLINTER
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
splinter
splinter
English
Noun
splinter (plural splinters)
- A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
Synonyms
- (long sharp fragment): shard, spelk.
- (group formed by splitting): faction, splinter group.
Translations
fragment of material
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group
Etymology 2
From the noun splinter.
Verb
splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)
- (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
- The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
- His third kick splintered the door.
- Prescott
- After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
- (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
- The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
- The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
- (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Wren to this entry?)
Related terms
Translations
to come apart into splinters
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to cause to break apart into splinters
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to break or cause to break into factions
to fasten or confine with splints
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