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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)