| 单词 | splint |
| 释义 | splint n. & v. --n 1. a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set. b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc. 2. a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg. 3. a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc. 4. = splint-bone. --vtr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints. Phrases and idioms splint-bone 1 either of two small bones in a horse's foreleg lying behind and close to the cannon-bone. 2. the human fibula. splint-coal hard bituminous laminated coal burning with great heat. Etymology: ME splent(e) f. MDu. splinte or MLG splinte, splente metal plate or pin, rel. to SPLINTER |
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