Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splintered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Splintering}.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See
   {Splint}, n., {Split}.]
   1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
      the lightning splinters a tree.

            After splintering their lances, they wheeled about,
            and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.
                                                  --Prescott.

   2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
      broken limb. --Bp. Wren.

Source : WordNet®

splintering
     n : the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {chipping}]