Definitions from Wiktionary (splint)

▸ noun:  A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
▸ 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.
▸ Also see splint



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