Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flinders \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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]