·vi To become split into long pieces.
II. Splinter ·noun To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
III. Splinter ·noun To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to Shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
IV. Splinter ·noun 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.