Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flinders"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh.
akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand
flinders flew. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Flinders
n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
[syn: {Flinders}, {Matthew Flinders}, {Sir Matthew
Flinders}]
2: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter},
{sliver}]
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