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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SPLINTERY, a. Consisting of splinters, or resembling splinters; as the splintery fracture of a mineral, which discovers scales arising from splits or fissures, parallel to the line of fracture.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
2: resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards" [syn: splintery, slivery]
Merriam Webster's
adjective see splinter I
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Splintery Splin"ter*y (-[y^]), a. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
