Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To join (two pieces of film, for example) at the ends.
  • transitive verb To join (ropes, for example) by interweaving strands.
  • transitive verb To join (pieces of wood) by overlapping and binding at the ends.
  • transitive verb To join together or insert (segments of DNA or RNA) so as to form new genetic combinations or alter a genetic structure.
  • transitive verb Slang To join in marriage.
  • noun A joining by splicing.
  • noun A place where parts have been spliced.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To unite or join together, as two ropes or the parts of a rope by interweaving the strands of the ends; also, to unite or join together by overlapping, as two pieces of timber, metal, or other material. See splice, n.
  • To join in marriage; marry.
  • noun The joining together of two ropes or parts of a rope by interweaving part of the untwisted strands of each, or the union so effected.
  • noun The junction of two pieces of wood or metal by overlapping and bolting or otherwise fastening the ends; a scarf. See cut under scarf, 2.
  • noun In cricket, that part of the handle of the bat which fits into the blade.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
  • transitive verb To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
  • transitive verb Slang To unite in marriage.
  • transitive verb ee under Grafting.
  • transitive verb (Naut.) to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
  • noun A junction or joining made by splicing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
  • noun electrical The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
  • noun cricket That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
  • noun Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
  • verb To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
  • verb To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
  • verb To unite in marriage.
  • verb figuratively To unite as if splicing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb perform a marriage ceremony
  • noun a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
  • verb join the ends of
  • noun joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
  • verb join together so as to form new genetic combinations
  • verb join by interweaving strands

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Obsolete Dutch splissen, from Middle Dutch.]

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From Dutch splissen (obsolete); akin to Middle Dutch splitten to split. First known use: circa 1525

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