Found 2 items, similar to Flinders.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Flinders
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flinders
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]