Splint armor,a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal,
usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely.
-- Splint bone (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal
or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of
the horse and allied animals. -- Splint coal. See Splent coal, under
Splent.
Splint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Splinting.] To
split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
[Obs. or R.] Florio.
2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n.,
2. [R.] Shak.
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.
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. To become split into long pieces.
Splin"ter, n. [See Splinter, v., or Splint, 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.
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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.
Splin"ter*proof` (spln"tr*prf`), a. (Mil.) Proof against the splinters,
or fragments, of bursting shells.
Splin"ter*y (-), a. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as,
the splintery fracture of a mineral.
Split (splt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Splitting.] [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte,
LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG.
splzen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.] 1. To divide lengthwise; to
separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of
the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or
a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
Cold winter split the rocks in twain.
Dryden.