Splinter /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering

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.

2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

1. To become split into long pieces.

1. 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.