See Also: splintery(dictionary)

splintery (iou)



splintery adjective. L18.
[from SPLINTER noun, verb + -Y1.]
Of a mineral's fracture: characterized by the production of small splinters. L18.
Of stone, a mineral, etc.: breaking or separating easily into splinters; spec. having a splintery fracture. E19.
b. Of a rock: rough, jagged. E19.
Resembling a splinter in shape or form. M19.
Full of splinters. M19.