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SLIVERS |
Splinters |
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FLINDERS |
Small pieces or splinters; fragments. |
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SPLINTERPROOF |
Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of
bursting shells. |
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EXFOLIATE |
To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the
surface of. |
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GARRETING |
Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of
coarse masonry. |
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SPLINTER |
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
broken limb. |
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SPLINTERY |
Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the
splintery fracture of a mineral. |
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OBSIDIAN |
A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a
black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters. |
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SHIVER |
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle
thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. |
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SHATTER |
..., or
part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion
shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak... |
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SCAGLIOLA |
...as
marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue,
the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of
... |