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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Splāsh'y, a.p. 1274Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as to be easily splashed about.
  4. Splăt'ter, v. i.p. 1274To spatter water about; to splash.
  5. Splāt'ter-dāsh, n.p. 1274Uproar; confusion. Jamieson.
  6. 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…
  7. Splā'y, a.p. 1274Displayed; spread; turned outward.
  8. Splā'y, n.p. 1274A slanted or sloped surface; especially, the expansion given to doors, windows, and the like, by slanting their sides.
  9. Splāy'-fōot, n.p. 1274A foot having the plantar surface flattened instead of concave; flat-foot. Dunglison.
  10. Splā'y'-fōot, a.p. 1274Having the foot turned out-
  11. Splay'-foot'ed, a.p. 1274Awkward; having a wide foot.
  12. Splā'y'-mouth, n.p. 1274A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
  13. Splāy'-mouthed, a.p. 1274Having a splay-mouth; wide-mouthed.
  14. 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…
  15. Spleened, a.p. 1274Deprived of the spleen.
  16. Spleen'ful, a.p. 1274Displaying spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak.
  17. Spleen'ish, a.p. 1274Spleeny; affected with spleen.
  18. Spleen'ish-ly, adv.p. 1274In a spleenish manner.
  19. Spleen'ish-ness, n.p. 1274The state of being spleenish.
  20. Spleen'less, a.p. 1274Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman.
  21. 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.
  22. Spleen'y, a.p. 1274Angry; peevish; fretful. A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to Our cause. Shak. 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
  23. Splēg'et, n.p. 1274(Surg.) A cloth dipped in any kind of liquor for washing a sore. Crabb.
  24. Splēn'dent, a.p. 1274Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. [See Note under LUSTER, 5.] 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious.
  25. 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…
  26. Splen-did'i-ous, a.p. 1274Splendid; brilliant. [Obs. and rare.] His lady! what! is she the fair, splendidious, and amiable? B. Jonson.
  27. Splĕn'did-ly, adv.p. 1274In a splendid manner; brightly; magnificently; sumptuously.
  28. 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.
  29. **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…
  30. Splēn'drous, a.p. 1274Having splendor. [Obs.]
  31. 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.
  32. Splĕn'e-tic, n.p. 1274A person affected with spleen.
  33. Splē-nĕt'ic-al, a.p. 1274The same as SPLENETIC, q. v.
  34. Sple-nēt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1274In a splenetic manner.
  35. Splēn'ic or Splēn'ic-al, a.p. 1274Belonging or relating to the spleen; as, the splenic vein.
  36. Splēn'ish, a.p. 1274Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful; spleenish. [Obs.] Drayton.
  37. Splē-nī'tis, n.p. 1274(Med.) Inflammation of the spleen.
  38. Splĕn'i-tive, a.p. 1274Hot; fiery; passionate; irritable. [Obs.] Shak.
  39. 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.
  40. Splēn'o-cēle, n.p. 1274(Med.) Hernia formed by the spleen.
  41. Splē-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 1274(Anat.) A description of the spleen.
  42. Sple-nōl'o-gy, n.p. 1274(Anat.) A treatise upon the spleen; that part of medical science which relates to the spleen.
  43. Splē-nŏt'o-my, n.p. 1274(Anat.) The act or art of dissecting the spleen. Dunglison.
  44. Splĕnt, n.p. 1274A splint. See SPLINT. 2. See SPLENT-COAL.
  45. Splént'-cōal, n.p. 1274An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scotch collieries; — called also splent, splint, and splint-coal.
  46. 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…
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. Splin'ing-ma-chine', n.p. 1275A machine-tool for cutting grooves;— a modification of
  50. Splint, 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…
  51. 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.
  52. Splint'-bōne, n.p. 1275(Far.) See SPLINT, 3.
  53. Splint'-coal, n.p. 1275See SPLENT-COAL.
  54. 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.
  55. 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…
  56. Splin'ter, v. i.p. 1275To be split or rent into long pieces.
  57. 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.
  58. Splin'ter-proof, a.p. 1275(Mil.) Proof against the splinters or fragments of bursting shells.
  59. Splĭn'ter-y, a.p. 1275Consisting 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.
  60. Split, v. t.p. 1275To divide longitudinally or lengthwise; to separate from end to end by force; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber; to split a board. 2. To tear asunder by violence; to burst; to rend.…