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splinting
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n.
Noun
A strip of rigid material used for supporting and immobilizing a broken bone when it has been set.
she had to wear splints on her legs
n.
Noun
A long, thin strip of wood used to light a fire.
By the light of burning splints, the raiders had marched all the men into the fields and tied them up.
n.
Noun
A bony enlargement on the inside of a horse's leg, on the splint bone.
He's got a nasty old splint on the inside of his knee and it often flares up,’ said the Jackdaws Castle trainer.
n.
Noun
A fragment of diamond.
"Splints" are sharp-pointed splinters of diamond crystal.
v.
Verb
Secure (a broken limb) with a splint or splints.
his leg was splinted
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Our Baby Made of Glass | Living Differently
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just in case she does fracture, and all of the
splinting
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just in case she does fracture, and all of the splinting supplies
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