† spiltern.
Obsolete. rare.
A splinter or fragment.
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?1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. v. 171 A peece of Ordnance bursting in two, a spilter thereof slew him.
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n.?1646- bottle stopper
- bottle store
- bottle swagger
- bottle swallow
- bottle talk
- bottle ticket
- bottle tit
- bottle tom
- bottle top
- bottle track
- bottle trap
- bottle tree
- bottle vase
- bottle warmer
- bottle washer
- bottle works
- bottle-aged
- bottle-arsed
- bottle-bellied
- bottle-belly dropsy
- bottle-brush-flowered
- bottle-brush-headed
- bottle-cleaner
- bottle-drainer
- bottle-end