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Webster 1913 Edition
Splint
Splint
,Noun.
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. The knees and feet were defended by
splints
, or thin plates of steel. Sir. W. Scott.
6.
Splint, or splent, coal. See
Splent coal
, under Splent
. Splint armor
,a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely.
– Splint bone
(Anat.)
, one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals.
– Splint coal
. See
Splent coal
, under Splent
.Splint
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Splinted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Splinting
.] To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
[Obs. or R.]
Florio.
Webster 1828 Edition
Splint
SPLINT
, SPLINTER,Noun.
1.
A piece of wood split off; a thin piece (in proportion to its thickness,) of wood or other solid substance, rent from the main body; as splinters of a ships side or mast, rent off by a shot.2.
In surgery, a thin piece of wood or other substance, used to hold or confine a broken bone when set.3.
A piece of bone rent off in a fracture.SPLINT
, SPLINTER,Verb.
T.
1.
To split or rend into long thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.2.
To confine with splinters, as a broken limb.Definition 2024
splint
splint
See also: şplint
English
Noun
splint (plural splints)
- A narrow strip of wood split or peeled off of a larger piece.
- (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
- 1900 But it so happened that I had a man in the hospital at the time, and going there to see about him the day before the opening of the Inquiry, I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Chapter 5.
- A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
- A segment of armor.
- 1819 The fore-part of his thighs, where the folds of his mantle permitted them to be seen, were also covered with linked mail; the knees and feet were defended by splints , or thin plates of steel, ingeniously jointed upon each other; and mail hose, reaching from the ankle to the knee, effectually protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1.
- A bone found on either side of the horse's cannon bone; second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
- A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
- splent coal
Usage notes
- For a horse to pop a splint is for it to receive an injury to the splint bone or surrounding area.
Derived terms
Translations
narrow strip of wood
immobilizing device
dental device
bone of a horse
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Verb
splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted)
- (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
- To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
- (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Florio to this entry?)
Translations
apply splint
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