flinders

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Flinders
    n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast
         (1774-1814) [syn: {Flinders}, {Matthew Flinders}, {Sir
         Matthew Flinders}]
    2: bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in
       flinders long before it did that damage"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh.
   akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
   Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
   [1913 Webster]

         The tough ash spear, so stout and true,
         Into a thousand flinders flew.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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