Definition of Splintered

1. Verb. (past of splinter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splintered

1. splinter [v] - See also: splinter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splintered

splines
splining
splint
splint bone
splinted
splinted abutment
splinter
splinter bar
splinter bars
splinter group
splinter groups
splinter haemorrhages
splinter parties
splinter party
splinter up
splintered (current term)
splintered fracture
splintering
splinterings
splinterless
splinterlike
splinterproof
splinters
splintery
splinting
splintlike
splints
splish
splished
splishes

Literary usage of Splintered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"The iron-work of the guard's step was bent completely upwards, and a tender behind was nearly filled with the confused débris of its splintered wood-work ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... or whether he merely wanted to see the wood placed there by him splintered. The engineer testifies that the engine readily cut the obstruction out of ..."

3. Publications of the Folk-lore Foundation by Vassar College Folk-lore Foundation (1922)
"THE LAW OF THE splintered PADDLE x (As told by Ka-luhi-o-ka-lani, a relative of Mrs. Pukui, who also told the Ka-meha-meha story earlier in the series. ..."

4. Man Before Metals by Nicolas Joly (1883)
"I. THE splintered FLINTS OF ABBEVILLE. To the history of the diluvium a discovery belongs which, though insignificant in appearance, is in reality of the ..."

5. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"Stop, my good friend, if the spade-handle was splintered, why did you not mend it f" " Ma'am dear, that was a way you had, ever and always, tripping a body ..."

6. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"Stop, my good friend, if the spade-handle was splintered, why did you not mend it ?" " Ma'am dear, that was a way you had, ever and always, tripping a body ..."

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