Index of English words, starting with "sp"

(1) - Splice (n.) A junction or joining made by splicing.
(2) - Splice (v. t.) To unite in marrige.
(3) - Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
(4) - Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

(1) - Spline (n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
(2) - Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.

(1) - Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
(2) - Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
(3) - Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
(4) - Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
(5) - Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
(6) - Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.
(7) - Splint (v. t.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
(8) - Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.