Meanings of long splinter in English

Napier had come across the deck, a long splinter of wood in his hand.

A wagon locked wheels for a moment and ripped a long splinter from the chaise.

A waggon locked wheels for a moment and ripped a long splinter from the chaise.

Blood welled up and I rolled the long splinter around in it, getting it wet.

I jabbed the long splinter down into the soft wax of the candle alongside the burning wick.

In doing so, he broke out a long splinter of wood, leaving a gaping crack in the sash.

The Ranger hung like a long splinter of silver alongside her hull, poised and ready to move on.

He wouldn't do anything obvious, but perhaps he could find a loose thread, or a long splinter from the table.

I picked at the doorpost with a fingernail and a long splinter the size of my palm peeled away with little resistance.

Having said this, he showed to Zbyszko a long splinter, which had separated from the spear and remained in his body for several months.

And picking up another, it turned to a paddle, while a long splinter which he split from a ledge seemed to be a spear.

His fingers were busy with a long splinter and a tuft of fox-hairs, that he was pulling carefully from the rug on which he sat.

Macready was knocked down by his falling body; Laurence jerked a knife- long splinter out of his own arm and wiped spattered blood from his face.

The shots tore up long splinters of wood laminate but not one hit the creature.

There are some long splinters sticking into me.

Lieutenant Priddie, second-in-command of the lower gun deck, lay face down, his back pierced with long splinters which had been blasted from the planking.