Definition: splint

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splint
     n 1: a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning
          splint"
     2: an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and
        protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
     v : support with a splint, of broken limbs

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Splent \Splent\, n.
   1. See Splent.

   2. See Splent coal, below.

   Splent coal, an inferior kind of cannel coal from Scotch
      collieries; -- called also splent, splint, and splint
      coal.
Splint \Splint\, n. [Akin to D. splinter,G. splinter, splitter,
   Dan. splint, Sw. splint a kind of spike, a forelock (in
   nautical use), Sw. splintato splint, splinter, Dan. splinte,
   and E. split. See Split, v. t., and cf. Splent.]
   1. A piece split off; a splinter.

   2. (Surg.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to
      keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a
      broken bone when set.

   3. (Anat.) A splint bone.

   4. (Far.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a
      callosity or hard excrescence.

   5. (Anc. Armor.) One of the small plates of metal used in
      making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.

            The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin
            plates of steel.                      --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.

   6. Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under
      Splent.

   Splint armor,a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates
      of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the
      limbs to move freely.

   Splint bone (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike
      metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the
      cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals.
      

   Splint coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
Splint \Splint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Splinting.]
   To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter;
   to shiver. [Obs. or R.] --Florio.

   2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See
      Splint, n., 2. [R.] --Shak.