splitter

A man engaged in the Newfoundland fisheries to receive the fish from the header, and, with a sharp knife, dexterously to lay it open.

Splitter
·noun One who, or that which, splits. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
splitter
n. a wood-cutter, cutting timberin the bush, and splitting it into posts and rails, palingsor shing...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Phase splitter
·add. ·- A device by which a single-phase current is split into two or more currents differing in ph...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
beard splitter
A man much given to wenching. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hair splitter
A man's yard. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
whisker splitter
A man of intrigue. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose