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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Splinter \Splin"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Splintered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splintering}.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See {Splint}, noun, {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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Splinter \Splin"ter\, verb (used without an object) To become split into long pieces.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Splinter \Splin"ter\, noun [See {Splinter}, v., or {Splint}, noun] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
splinter
noun: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {sliver}, {flinders}]
verb
1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: {secede}, {break away}]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {sliver}]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: {sliver}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "splinter": atomize, bit, black sheep, blemish, breach, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakage, breakaway group, burst, butt, camp, caucus, chip, chunk, cleft, clip, clipping, collop, crack, crash, crumb, crunch, crush, cut, cut to pieces, cutting, demolish, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, division, dollop, end, ethnic group, faction, fission, fissure, foreign body, foreign intruder, fracture, fragment, gap, gob, gobbet, grind, gruel, hunk, impurity, interest, interest group, intruder, lath, lump, make mincemeat of, mere shadow, mince, minority group, misfit, modicum, moiety, monkey wrench, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, oddball, offshoot, paper, paring, particle, party, pash, patch, piece, political party, pressure group, pulverize, rail, rake, rasher, rent, rift, rip, rive, rupture, scale, scatter, scoop, scrap, sect, shadow, shard, shatter, shaving, shiver, shred, side, silent majority, skeleton, slash, slat, slice, slip, slit, sliver, smash, smash up, smatter, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soup, speck, splinter group, split, squash, squish, stitch, stone, streak, stump, tag, tatter, tear, vein, vocal minority, wafer, weed, wing
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
SPLINTER A {PL/I} {interpreter} with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p.600]. (1995-01-19)
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