splint

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Synonyms: split, sprint, spline, splent, slint

Antonyms: split, sprint, spline, splent, slint

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Noun

1. A [[narrow#Adjective|narrow]] [[strip#Noun|strip]] of [[wood]] [[split#Verb|split]] or [[peel#Verb|peeled]] from a larger [[piece#Noun|piece]].
2. {{lb|en|dentistry}} A [[dental]] [[device]] applied [[consequent]] to undergoing [[orthodontia]].
3. {{lb|en|medicine}} A device to [[immobilize]] a [[body]] [[part#Noun|part]].
4. {{lb|en|military|historical}} A [[segment#Noun|segment]] of [[armour#Noun|armour]] consisting of a narrow [[overlapping#Adjective|overlapping]] [[plate#Noun|plate]].
5. {{lb|en|mining}} {{synonym of|en|splent coal}}.
6. {{lb|en|zootomy}} A [[bone#Noun|bone]] found on either [[side#Noun|side]] of a [[horse#Noun|horse]]'s [[cannon bone]]; the [[second]] or [[fourth]] [[metacarpal]] ([[forelimb]]) or [[metatarsal]] ([[hindlimb]]) bone.
7. {{lb|en|zootomy|veterinary medicine}} A [[disease#Noun|disease]] [[affect#Verb|affecting]] the splint bones, as a [[callosity]] or hard [[excrescence]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
2. To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
3. To press fingers against the vaginal wall to ease defecation.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete|rare|transitive}} To split into thin, slender pieces; to [[splinter]].

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