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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Splăsh, v. t. p. 1274To spatter with water, or with water and mud.Splăsh, v. i. p. 1274To strike and dash about water.Splăsh, n. p. 1274Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon any thing, or thrown from a puddle and the like.Splāsh'-bōard, n. p. 1274A guard in front of a vehicle, to prevent the driver or occupants from being splashed by mud from the horse’s heels.Splăsh'er, n. p. 1274One who, or that which, splashes. 2. A guard over a wheel, as of a carriage, locomotive, and the like. Weale.Splāsh'y, a. p. 1274Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as to be easily splashed about.Splăt'ter, v. i. p. 1274To spatter water about; to splash.Splāt'ter-dāsh, n. p. 1274Uproar; confusion. Jamieson.Splā'y, v. t. p. 1274To display; to spread open. [Obs.] “Our ensigns splayed.” Gascoigne. 2. To dislocate, as a shoulder-bone. 3. To castrate; to geld. [Obs.] Holland. 4. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope…Splā'y, a. p. 1274Displayed; spread; turned outward.Splā'y, n. p. 1274A slanted or sloped surface; especially, the expansion given to doors, windows, and the like, by slanting their sides.Splāy'-fōot, n. p. 1274A foot having the plantar surface flattened instead of concave; flat-foot. Dunglison.Splā'y'-fōot, a. p. 1274Having the foot turned out-Splay'-foot'ed, a. p. 1274Awkward; having a wide foot.Splā'y'-mouth, n. p. 1274A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.Splāy'-mouthed, a. p. 1274Having a splay-mouth; wide-mouthed.Spleen, n. p. 1274(Anat.) A ductless glandular organ, of an oval figure, situated in the upper portion of the abdominal cavity to the left of the stomach, and under the ribs; the milt. The ancients supposed it to be…Spleened, a. p. 1274Deprived of the spleen.Spleen'ful, a. p. 1274Displaying spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak.Spleen'ish, a. p. 1274Spleeny; affected with spleen.Spleen'ish-ly, adv. p. 1274In a spleenish manner.Spleen'ish-ness, n. p. 1274The state of being spleenish.Spleen'less, a. p. 1274Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman.Spleen'wort, n. p. 1274(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asplenium; miltwort;—so called from having formerly been reputed valuable as a remedy for diseases of the spleen. Loudon.Spleen'y, a. p. 1274Angry; peevish; fretful. A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to Our cause. Shak. 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.Splēg'et, n. p. 1274(Surg.) A cloth dipped in any kind of liquor for washing a sore. Crabb.Splēn'dent, a. p. 1274Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. [See Note under LUSTER, 5.] 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious.Splēn'did, a. p. 1274Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun. 2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession. 3. Illustrious; heroic…Splen-did'i-ous, a. p. 1274Splendid; brilliant. [Obs. and rare.] His lady! what! is she the fair, splendidious, and amiable? B. Jonson.Splĕn'did-ly, adv. p. 1274In a splendid manner; brightly; magnificently; sumptuously.Splĕn'did-ness, n. p. 1274The state or quality of being splendid; splendor. “Liveries whose gaudiness evinces not the footman's deserts, but his lord's splendidness.” Boyle.**Splĕn'dor**, n. p. 1274Great brightness; brilliant luster; as, the splendor of the sun. 2. Great show of richness and elegance; magnificence; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the…Splēn'drous, a. p. 1274Having splendor. [Obs.]Splēn'e-tic, a. p. 1274Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful. You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? Pope. Syn.—Morose; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.Splĕn'e-tic, n. p. 1274A person affected with spleen.Splē-nĕt'ic-al, a. p. 1274The same as SPLENETIC, q. v.Sple-nēt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1274In a splenetic manner.Splēn'ic or Splēn'ic-al, a. p. 1274Belonging or relating to the spleen; as, the splenic vein.Splēn'ish, a. p. 1274Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful; spleenish. [Obs.] Drayton.Splē-nī'tis, n. p. 1274(Med.) Inflammation of the spleen.Splĕn'i-tive, a. p. 1274Hot; fiery; passionate; irritable. [Obs.] Shak.Splĕn/i-zā'tion, n. p. 1274(Med.) A state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen. Dunglison.Splēn'o-cēle, n. p. 1274(Med.) Hernia formed by the spleen.Splē-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1274(Anat.) A description of the spleen.Sple-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 1274(Anat.) A treatise upon the spleen; that part of medical science which relates to the spleen.Splē-nŏt'o-my, n. p. 1274(Anat.) The act or art of dissecting the spleen. Dunglison.Splĕnt, n. p. 1274A splint. See SPLINT. 2. See SPLENT-COAL.Splént'-cōal, n. p. 1274An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scotch collieries; — called also splent, splint, and splint-coal.Splice, v. t. p. 1274To unite, as two ropes or parts of a rope, or as one to another, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, — the union being either between two ends, or between an end and the body of a…Splīce, n. p. 1274The union of ropes by interweaving the strands. 2. (Mach.) A connection between pieces of wood or metal by means of overlapping parts; a scarfing.Spline, n. p. 1275(Mach.) A rectangular piece fitting the key-seats of a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.Splin'ing-ma-chine', n. p. 1275A machine-tool for cutting grooves;— a modification ofSplint, n. p. 1275A piece split off; a splinter. 2. (Surg.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to hold or protect an injured part, especially a broken bone when set. 3. (Far.) (a.) One of the rudimentary…Splint, v. t. p. 1275To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter. [Obs.] Florio. 2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb.Splint'-bōne, n. p. 1275(Far.) See SPLINT, 3.Splint'-coal, n. p. 1275See SPLENT-COAL.Splin'ter, n. p. 1275A piece split off; a thin piece (in proportion to its length) of wood, or other solid substance, rent from the main body; as, splinters of a ship's side or mast rent off by a shot.Splin'ter, v. t. p. 1275To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott. 2. To…Splin'ter, v. i. p. 1275To be split or rent into long pieces.Splin'ter-bār, n. p. 1275A cross-bar in a coach, which supports the springs. 2. The bar to which the whiffletree is attached by means of the roller-bolt.