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splint

1. splint or splent \'splint\ \'splent\ n [ME, fr. MLG splinte, splente; 
   akin to OHG spaltan to split -] often attribm more at SPILL 1: a small 
   plate or strip of metal  2a: a thin strip of wood interwoven with others in 
   caning  2b: SPLINTER  2c: material or a device used to protect and 
   immobilize a body part (as a b roken arm) 3: a bony enlargement on the 
   upper part of the cannon bone of a horse usu.  on the inside of the leg
2. splint vt 1: to support and immobilize (as a broken bone) with a splint  
   2: to brace with or as if with splints