5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splinter  \Splin"ter\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  split  into  long  pieces. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splinter  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  splinter 
  n  :  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}] 
  v  1:  withdraw  from  an  organization  or  communion  [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  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SPLINTER 
 
  A  {PL/I}  {interpreter}  with  debugging  features. 
 
  [Sammet  1969,  p.600]. 
 
  (1995-01-19) 
 
 

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