Splint
Definition of Splint
| n. | 1. | A piece split off; a splinter. | | 2. | (Surg.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set. | | 3. | (Anat.) A splint bone. | | 4. | (Far.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence. | | 5. | (Anc. Armor.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below. | | 6. | Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent. | | v. t. | 1. | To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver. | | 2. | To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2. |
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