Hypertext Webster Gateway: "splintery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Splintery \Splin"ter*y\ (-[y^]), a.
Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the
splintery fracture of a mineral.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
splintery
adj 1: subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
2: resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender
fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a
rough splintery floor of old pine boards" [syn: {slivery}]
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