splint bone

One of the two small bones extending from the knee to the fetlock of a horse, behind the canon or shank-bone. splint-coal, s. Splint-armor for Back and Breast (A. D. 1570). Mining: A name given to a splintery coal which is non-caking, owing to the high percentage of carbon and the low amount of bituminous substance it contains. splint, v. t. [SPLINT, 8.] *1. To break into fragments; to splinter, to shiver. 2. To secure, join together, or support with, or as with, splints. "The broken rancour of your high swoln hearts, But lately splinted , knit, and join'd together, Must gently be preserved, cherish'd and kept." Shakesp.: Richard III ., ii. 2. splin'-tër, s. [SPLINT, 8.] 1. A fragment of anything broken, split, or shivered off, more or le in the direction of its length; a shive, a splint, a fragment. "And with the fearful shock, Their spears in splinters flew, their beavers both unlock." Drayton: Polyolbion , s. 12. 2. A thin piece of wood. splinter-bar, s. Vehicles: (1) A cro -bar in front of a vehicle, to which the traces of the horses are attached, as in coaches and artillery carriages, in which double and single trees are not used. (2) A cro -bar which supports the spring. "Had the splinter - bar or any of the gear given way, we should have been launched into eternity." -Field , Dec. 12, 1885. splinter-proof, adj. Proof or safe against the splinters of bursting shells. splin'-těr, v. t. & i. [SPLINTER, 8.] IMG:content-0064.png:[blocks in formation] "Pengragon's daughter will not fear For clashing sword or splintered spear." Scott: Bridal of Trier main , ii. 21. 2. To support with a splint, as a broken limb; to splint; hence, to unite or join in any way. "Those men have broken credits, Loose and dismemb'red faiths (my dear Antonio) That splinter 'em with vows: am I not too bold?" Beaum. & Flet.: Maid in the Mill , i. 3. *B. In trans.: To be split, rent, or shivered into long, thin pieces.