Noun
wood in small pieces or splinters
Source: WordNetRiven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below. Ambrose Bierce
No it is not easy to write. It is as hard as breaking rocks. Sparks and splinters fly like shattered steel. Clarice Lispector
Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This will make a pretty black for fresco painting. Vitruvius
Chop, and you will have splinters. Danish Proverb
As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way. Irish Proverb
He that cuts above himself, will get splinters in his eye. Danish Proverb