SPLINTER, SPLINTERED
NOUNS
1400 ► SPROTE a splinter, a sliver, a chip
1597 ► SKILFER a splinter → obs.
1790 ► SCALF a small splinter → Ireland
20C.. ► ALAN MINTER a splinter → Brit. rhyming sl.
1902 ► JAGS splinters → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1958 ► SHIVE a splinter of wood → Amer. dial.
1977 ► FIR LICE minute splinters from fir bark → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1205 ► TO-DRIVE to be splintered or shattered → obs.
1861 ► BREAK INTO MATCHWOOD to break into minute splinters
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