Split stuff

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• split-stuff

  n. timber sawn into lengths andthen split. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Stuff

  ·vt A medicine or mixture; a potion. II. Stuff ·vt Paper stock ground ready for use. III. Stuff ·n...

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• stuff

  A coat of stuff, a term used for any composition laid on to ships' spars, bottom, &c. Also, square t...

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• Split

  ·adj Divided; cleft. II. Split ·adj Divided deeply; cleft. III. Split ·vi To burst with laughter. ...

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• split

  1) A division. The fiery spirit which has occasioned a split among the British Archæologists, would...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• burnt-stuff

  n. a geological term used by miners.See quotation. 1853. Mrs. Chas. Clancy, `Lady's Visit to Gold ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bread-stuff

  Bread-corn, meal, or flour; bread.--Webster. Pickering. This very useful word is American. Mr. Pick...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• housen-stuff

  Household furniture. On the first day of May, at 1w o'clock, if the tenant isn't out, an officer go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• diminishing stuff

  In ship-building, the planking wrought under the wales, where it is thinned progressively to the thi...

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• dungaree-stuff

  A blue or striped cotton cloth much worn by the seafaring classes in India. ...

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• small stuff

  The term for spun-yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope, even for yarns. ...

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• thick stuff

  Sided timber, or naval planks, under one foot, and above 4 inches in thickness. ...

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• Split dynamometer

  ·add. ·- An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, ...

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• Split infinitive

  ·add. ·- A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to large...

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• Split key

  ·add. ·- A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose. ...

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• Split shot

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke. ...

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• Split stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...

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• Split stroke

  ·add. ·- In croquet, ·etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own a...

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• Split switch

  ·add. ·- = Point switch. ...

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• Split wheel

  ·add. ·- = Split pulley. ...

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• Split-tail

  ·noun The pintail duck. II. Split-tail ·noun A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)...

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• Split-tongued

  ·adj Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards. ...

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• split crow

  The sign of the spread eagle, which being represented with two heads on one neck, gives it somewhat ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• split cause

  A lawyer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• split fig

  A grocer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• split iron

  The nick-name for a smith. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• full split

  With the greatest violence and impetuosity.--Craven Glossary. In common use in the United States in ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• split ticket

  When two or more important offices are to be filled at the same time, the wire-pullers of each party...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• line out stuff

  To mark timber for dressing to shape. ...

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• flag-side of a split fish

  The side without the bone. ...

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