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▸ noun: (Cheshire, West Midlands) A splinter caught in the skin.
▸ noun: (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
▸ noun: (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
▸ noun: (mining) Synonym of splent coal
▸ noun: (zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
▸ noun: (zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
▸ verb: To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
▸ verb: (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
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posterior,
long,
occlusal,
dorsal,
padded,
temporary,
internal,
wooden,
dynamic,
removable,
anterior
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