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(1):

(v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.

(2):

(v. t.) 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):

(v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

(4):

(v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

(5):

(v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.

(6):

(v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.

(7):

(v. t.) A splint bone.

(8):

(v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.