[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

splinter \splin"ter\, v. t. imp.  p. p. splintered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. splintering. cf. lg. splittern, splinteren. see
   splint, n., split.
   1. to split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
      the lightning splinters a tree.
      1913 webster

            after splintering their lances, they wheeled about,
            and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.
                                                  --prescott.
      1913 webster

   2. to fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
      broken limb. --bp. wren.
      1913 webster
see also:
splintered splintering splint split 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

splintering
     n : the act of chipping something syn: chip, chipping
see also:
chip chipping 

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