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(1):

(n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

(2):

(n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(v. i.) To become split into long pieces.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Splinter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/splinter.html. 1828.
 
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