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splintering |
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]: splintering n : the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {chipping}]
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