A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
A tuft or clump of grass.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
A device to immobilize a body part.
A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
Synonym of splent coal
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.