Split

·adj Divided; cleft.

II. Split ·adj Divided deeply; cleft.

III. Split ·vi To burst with laughter.

IV. Split ·noun A crack, or longitudinal fissure.

V. Split ·Impf & ·p.p. of Split.

VI. Split ·vi To separate into parties or factions.

VII. Split ·vi To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

VIII. Split ·add. ·noun Any of the dents of a reed.

IX. Split ·add. ·noun Short for Split shot or stroke.

X. Split ·noun A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

XI. Split ·vi To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to Peach.

XII. Split ·noun A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

XIII. Split ·add. ·noun Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current.

XIV. Split ·noun Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

XV. Split ·add. ·adj Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

XVI. Split ·noun A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

XVII. Split ·vi To part asunder; to be rent; to Burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.

XVIII. Split ·vt To Burst; to Rupture; to Rend; to tear asunder.

XIX. Split ·vt To divide or separate into components;

— often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

XX. Split ·add. ·adj Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10/ is a split quotation.

XXI. Split ·vi to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.

XXII. Split ·add. ·noun Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work;

— usually in ·pl

XXIII. Split ·add. ·adj Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price;

— said of an order, sale, ·etc.

XXIV. Split ·vt To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to Disunite.

XXV. Split ·add. ·noun The feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind.

XXVI. Split ·add. ·noun A small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink;

— so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass.

XXVII. Split ·vt To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, ·esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to Rive; to Cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.

XXVIII. Split ·noun the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.

XXIX. Split ·noun the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.