Definitions for: Flinders

[n] a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
[n] British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)

Webster (1913) Definition: Flin"ders, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh.
akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
Small pieces or splinters; fragments.

The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand
flinders flew. --Sir W.
Scott.

Synonyms: Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders, sliver, splinter

See Also: adventurer, bit, chip, explorer, flake, fleck, scrap

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