Splinter

v. t.	1.	To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [imp. & p. p. Splintered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. - Prescott.
	2.	To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
v. i.	1.	To become split into long pieces.
n.	1.	A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. Splinter bar a - A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs b - The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree.

Noun	1.	splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" Synonyms: sliver, flinders
Verb	1.	splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" Synonyms: secede, break away
	2.	splinter - divide into slivers or splinters Synonyms: sliver
	3.	splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" Synonyms: sliver

SPLINTER - A PL/I interpreter with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p.600].

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