splintur.html - n. & v.
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1 a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set. b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc.
2 a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg.
3 a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc.
4 = splint-bone.

--v.

tr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints.

splint-bone 1 either of two small bones in a horse's foreleg lying behind and close to the cannon-bone.
2 the human fibula. splint-coal hard bituminous laminated coal burning with great heat. [ME splent(e) f. MDu. splinte or MLG splinte, splente metal plate or pin, rel. to SPLINTER]

splintur.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr. & intr. break into fragments.

--n.

a small thin sharp-edged piece broken off from wood, stone, etc.

splinter-bar Brit. a crossbar in a vehicle to which traces are attached; a swingletree. splinter group (or party) a group or party that has broken away from a larger one. splinter-proof proof against splinters e.g. from bursting shells or bombs.

splintery adj. [ME f. MDu. (= LG) splinter, splenter, rel. to SPLINT]

splintur.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a rectangular key fitting into grooves in the hub and shaft of a wheel and allowing longitudinal play.
2 a slat.
3 a flexible wood or rubber strip used esp. in drawing large curves.

--v.

tr. fit with a spline (sense 1). [orig. E. Anglian dial., perh. rel. to SPLINTER]

splintur.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set. b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc.
2 a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg.
3 a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc.
4 = splint-bone.

--v.

tr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints.

splint-bone 1 either of two small bones in a horse's foreleg lying behind and close to the cannon-bone.
2 the human fibula. splint-coal hard bituminous laminated coal burning with great heat. [ME splent(e) f. MDu. splinte or MLG splinte, splente metal plate or pin, rel. to SPLINTER]

splintur.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr. & intr. break into fragments.

--n.

a small thin sharp-edged piece broken off from wood, stone, etc.

splinter-bar Brit. a crossbar in a vehicle to which traces are attached; a swingletree. splinter group (or party) a group or party that has broken away from a larger one. splinter-proof proof against splinters e.g. from bursting shells or bombs.

splintery adj. [ME f. MDu. (= LG) splinter, splenter, rel. to SPLINT]

splintur.html - {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * /John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant./ * /Don't split hairs about whose turn it is to wash the dishes and make the beds; let's work together and finish sooner./