splindert

See splinter, v. spline (splin), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. In mach., a rectangular piece or key fitting into a groove in the hub of a wheel, and a similar groove in a shaft, so that, while the wheel may slide endwise on the shaft, both must revolve together. See cut under paint - mill. -2. A flexible strip of wood or hard rubber used by draftsmen in laying out broad sweeping curves, especially in railroad work. The spline has a narrow groove on its upper edge to which can be anywhere attached the projecting finger of the heavy weight which keeps it in any desired position while the curve is being drawn. spline (splin), v. t. [ ley: c, spline or feather fitted to a groove in both a and b. seats. splint (splint), v. t. [= Sw. splint a, splinter; a secondary, nasalized form of split: see split. In sense 2 also dial. splent; G. splint ), a thin piece of iron, = Sw. splint, a kind of spike, a forelock, flat iron peg (cf. sprint, a forelock), = Dan. splint, a splinter; from the verb: see splint, v. Cf. splinter.] 1. A piece of wood or other substance split off; a splinter. The speres splindered in splyntes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 628. 2. A thin flexible strip of wood (or metal) adapted to a particular use. Specifically-(a) One of a number of strips woven together to make chair-seats, baskets, etc. (b) Alath. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A piece of wood used to splice or stiffen a weak or broken beam. (d) One of the thin strips of wood used in making matches, brooms, etc. E. H. Knight. (e) A tapering strip of wood formerly used to adjust a shell in the center of the bore of a mortar. E. H. Knight . (ft) In armor , a narrow plate of steel overlapping another. Splints were used for protecting parts of the body where movement had to be allowed for. See also cut under solleret. (9) In surg ., a thin piece of wood or other substance used to hold or confine a broken bone when set, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position. See pistol -splint. a, a, Splints. 3. In an at., a bone acting as a splint; a splint-bone.-4. In farriery: ( a ) Periostitis in the horse, involving the inner small and the large metacarpal or cannon-bone, rarely also the corresponding metatarsal bones. It is caused mainly by concu ion, and sometimes leads to lamene . (b) An exostosis of the splint-bone of a horse; a bony callus or excrescence on a horse's leg formed by periostitis of a splint-bone. Outward diseases, as the spavin, splent , ring-bone, wind IMG:content-1798.png:[blocks in formation] • split the back of the cannon-bone, or middle metacarpal or metatarsal. See cuts under cannon bone, Peri odactyl a, pisiform, and solidungu late.