Hypertext Webster Gateway: "splinter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splintered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Splintering}.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See
{Splint}, n., {Split}.]
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
the lightning splinters a tree.
After 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. i.
To become split into long pieces.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Splinter \Splin"ter\, n. [See {Splinter}, v., or {Splint}, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
splinter
n : a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {sliver},
{flinders}]
v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion [syn: {secede},
{break away}]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {sliver}]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: {sliver}]
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