splintyadj.

Forms: Also 1700s splenty.

Etymology: < splint n. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsplinty.

Now rare.

Of a splintery nature or texture; of the nature of splint or splint coal.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > flaky or splintery

splinty1611

flaky1672

shivery1683

esquillous1853

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > coal > splintery

splinty1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esquilleux, splintie, scalie; full of little splints, or scales.

1726 Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 397 The undermost [vein] is about eighteen Fathoms from the Surface, call'd the Splenty Coal..; it's a hard but not large Coal.

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 109 Splenty coals and others..are wrought to the south-west of Dalkeith.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 414/2 This ore is generally found..in caverns or churns of the mountain limestone in large masses, splinty and globulated.

1881 in Eng. Dial. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	splinty
释义	splintyadj. Forms: Also 1700s splenty. Etymology: < splint n. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsplinty. Now rare. Of a splintery nature or texture; of the nature of splint or splint coal. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > flaky or splintery splinty1611 flaky1672 shivery1683 esquillous1853 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > coal > splintery splinty1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esquilleux, splintie, scalie; full of little splints, or scales. 1726 Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 397 The undermost [vein] is about eighteen Fathoms from the Surface, call'd the Splenty Coal..; it's a hard but not large Coal. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 109 Splenty coals and others..are wrought to the south-west of Dalkeith. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 414/2 This ore is generally found..in caverns or churns of the mountain limestone in large masses, splinty and globulated. 1881 in Eng. Dial. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1611
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