Definition of "splent" []

• See splent. (noun)
• See Splent coal, below. (noun)

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• "Tower of Glendearg, was one of the hopeful company of whom the poet complains, as was indicated by his “splent on spauld,”"
• "Upoun the nixt morne, my Lord Cardinall caused his servandis to address thame selves in thare most warlyk array, with jack, knapscall, splent, speir, and axe, more semyng for the war, then for the preaching of the trew word of God."
• "One and all, the reivers were well armed, "with spur on heel, and splent on spauld," and with them they carried scaling ladders, picks, axes, and iron crowbars."