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splintering
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Splintering
(gcide) | 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.
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After splintering their lances, they wheeled about,
and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.
--Prescott.
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2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
broken limb. --Bp. Wren.
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splintering
(wn) | splintering
n 1: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping,
splintering] |
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Splintering
(gcide) | 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.
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After splintering their lances, they wheeled about,
and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.
--Prescott.
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2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
broken limb. --Bp. Wren.
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