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Splintery   /splˈɪntəri/   Listen
Splintery

adjective
1.
Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces.
2.
Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points.  Synonym: slivery.






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"Splintery" Quotes from Famous Books



... the condition of her floors as the prime test of a good house-keeper, and the amount of effort that faithful homemakers have had to waste upon splintery, carelessly laid cheap boards would, if it could be represented in money, buy marble footing ...
— The Complete Home • Various

... torturous veins into the beds of clay-slate and limestone, from which it differs so remarkably in composition. The limestone is sometimes changed in character by the proximity of the granitic mass or its veins, and acquires a more compact texture, like that of hornstone or chert, with a splintery fracture, ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell



Words linked to "Splintery" :   splinter, breakable



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