splint
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Is splint a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.West-Midlands
2. (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
3. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.Examples: "[...] I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed."
4. (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.Examples: "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 ancle to the knee, effectually protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour."historical
5. (mining) Synonym of splent coal.Synonyms: splent coal
6. (zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.transitive
2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.obsoleteraretransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary