2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
splintered
adj : broken into sharp pieces; "shattered glass"; "your
eyeglasses are smashed"; "the police came in through
the splintered door" [syn: {shattered}, {smashed}]
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