splint

splint
    n 1: a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning
         splint"
    2: an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and
       protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
    v 1: support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
    

Splint \Splint\, n. [Akin to D. splinter,G. splinter, splitter,
   Dan. splint, Sw. splint a kind of spike, a forelock (in
   nautical use), Sw. splintato splint, splinter, Dan. splinte,
   and E. split. See {Split}, v. t., and cf. {Splent}.]
   1. A piece split off; a splinter.
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   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.
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   3. (Anat.) A splint bone.
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   4. (Far.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a
      callosity or hard excrescence.
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   5. (Anc. Armor.) One of the small plates of metal used in
      making splint armor. See {Splint armor}, below.
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            The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin
            plates of steel.                      --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.
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   6. Splint, or splent, coal. See {Splent coal}, under
      {Splent}.
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   {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}.
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Splent \Splent\ (spl[e^]nt), n.
   1. See {Splent}.
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   2. See {Splent coal}, below.
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   {Splent coal}, an inferior kind of cannel coal from Scotch
      collieries; -- called also {splent}, {splint}, and {splint
      coal}.
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Splint \Splint\, v. 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.
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   2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See
      {Splint}, n., 2. [R.] --Shak.
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