[splint] 
| 1. | a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position. |
| 2. | one of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat, basket, etc. |
| 3. | Veterinary Medicine. an exostosis or bony enlargement of a splint bone of a horse or a related animal. |
| 4. | Armor.
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| 5. | British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone. |
| 6. | to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint or splints, as a fractured bone. |
| 7. | to support as if with splints. |
| splint (splĭnt) n.
To support or restrict with or as if with a splint. [Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte.] |
splint (splĭnt)
n.
A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone.
A dental appliance put on the teeth to protect them from grinding or from moving out of place.
