Flinders

2 definitions found

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

  Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh.
     akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
     Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The tough ash spear, so stout and true,


           Into a thousand flinders flew.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Flinders
       n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
            [syn: {Matthew Flinders}, {Sir Matthew Flinders}]
       2: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
          splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter},
           {sliver}]