noun A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
noun Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
noun A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
noun Bait made of pieces of small fish.
noun A narrow high-rise apartment building.
noun A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
verb To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.