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ˈsplintering, vbl. n.|ˈsplɪntərɪŋ|
[f. as prec.]
The action or process of breaking into splinters. Also fig.
1815Scott Guy M. x, A large fragment of the rock..had fallen without any great diminution by splintering. 1865Kingsley Herew. xv, What splintering of lances there will be about her! 1889Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. vi. 89 On account of the splintering which would ensue should the unarmoured side be struck by shot. 1958Listener 11 Sept. 366/2 He [sc. Ben-Gurion] is..haunted by a well-nigh perverse splintering of political parties at home. 1968P. Oliver Screening Blues ii. 62 The distinctions in the names [of Negro Churches] were indicative of the splintering of the churches into separate factions.
attrib.1846Greener Sci. Gunnery 59 Their splintering powers are certainly very extensive indeed.
So ˈsplintering ppl. a., that splinters; also of sound.
1828Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 323 To produce the greatest damage to any splintering object. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 292 A splintering crash from inside the Cathedral announced some fresh outrage. |