SPLINTERS

matchwood, splinters

(noun) wood in small pieces or splinters; “the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

splinters

plural of splinter

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Source: Wiktionary

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SPLINTER

Splin"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] Etym: [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.

Splin"ter, v. i.

Definition: To become split into long pieces.

Splin"ter, n. Etym: [See Splinter, v., or Splint, n.]

Definition: 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.

Splinter 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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