Definition: splinter

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

splinter
     n : a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
         splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: sliver,
          flinders]
     v 1:  withdraw from an organization or communion [syn: secede,
          break away]
     2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver]
     3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
        [syn: sliver]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See
   Splint, n., Split.]
   1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
      the lightning splinters a tree.

            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. --Bp. Wren.
Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. i.
   To become split into long pieces.
Splinter \Splin"ter\, n. [See Splinter, v., or Splint, n.]
   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.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

SPLINTER

   A PL/I interpreter with debugging features.

   [Sammet 1969, p.600].

   (1995-01-19)