| Split |
n. |
Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work;
usually in pl. |
| Split |
n. |
Any of the dents of a reed. |
| Split |
n. |
Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current. |
| Split |
n. |
Short for Split shot or stroke. |
| Split |
n. |
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. |
| Split |
n. |
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. |
| Split |
a. |
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. |
| Split |
a. |
Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10/ is a split quotation. |
| Split |
a. |
Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary. |
| Split |
imp. & p. p. |
of Split |
| Split |
v. t. |
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. |
| Split |
v. t. |
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. |
| Split |
v. t. |
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. |
| Split |
v. t. |
To divide or separate into components;
often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. |
| Split |
v. i. |
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. |
| Split |
v. i. |
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. |
| Split |
v. i. |
To separate into parties or factions. |
| Split |
v. i. |
To burst with laughter. |
| Split |
v. i. |
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. |
| Split |
v. i. |
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value. |
| Split |
n. |
A crack, or longitudinal fissure. |
| Split |
n. |
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. |
| Split |
n. |
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. |
| Split |
n. |
Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. |
| Split |
n. |
A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. |
| Split |
n. |
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. |
| Split |
n. |
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. |
| Split |
a. |
Divided; cleft. |
| Split |
a. |
Divided deeply; cleft. |
