splinting

Verb

splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted)

1. (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
2. To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
3. To press fingers against the vaginal wall to ease defecation.
4. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.

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