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splints

  • plural of splint.
  • present tense form of splint (3rd person singular).

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Splints and bandages were there in abundance, enough to set half the arms in the island, but neither chloroform nor any thing in the shape of an opiate could I find.

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Stretton, Hesba

As for Spavins, Splints, and Ring-Bones, they are here never met withal, as I can learn.

From A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. by Lawson, John

Splints or similar appliances are not of practical value in scapular fractures.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

"Splints," said Thorne dryly, "after I'd set it."

From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold

Splints, duly prepared were afterwards bound round it, and we must hope that in due time benefit accrued, but as the ball had passed through the limb, we must have our doubts on the subject.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Waller, Horace