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splinter Noun a small thin sharp piece broken off, esp. from wood Verb to break or be broken into small sharp fragments [Middle Dutch]
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| Some persons even got a splinter in their heart, and then it made one shudder, for their heart became like a lump of ice. Had that wit been all of the arrogant, upstanding Van Horn, and had it gone out as the flickering flame of a splinter of wood goes out when it is quite burnt to a powder-fluff of ash? This splinter of wood, which I have every reason to believe to be poisoned, was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this card, inscribed as you see it, was on the table; and beside it lay this rather curious stone-headed instrument. |
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