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Webster 1913 Edition
Split
Split
(splĭt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Split
(Splitted
, R.
); p. pr. & vb. n.
Splitting
.] 1.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers; to rive; to cleave;
as, to
. split
a piece of timber or a board; to split
a gem; to split
a sheepskinCold winter
split
the rocks in twain. Dryden.
2.
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble
split
asunder by congealed water. Boyle.
3.
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
[Colloq.]
South.
4.
(Chem.)
To divide or separate into components; – often used with up;
as, to
. split
up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acidTo split hairs
, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
Split
,Verb.
I.
1.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst;
as, vessels
. split
by the freezing of water in them2.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
The ship
splits
on the rock. Shakespeare
3.
To separate into parties or factions.
[Colloq.]
4.
To burst with laughter.
[Colloq.]
Each had a gravity would make you
split
. Pope.
5.
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
[Slang]
Thackeray.
To split on a rock
, to fail; to to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.
Split
,Noun.
1.
A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure.
2.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
[Colloq.]
3.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
4.
Specif:
(Leather Manuf.)
, One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
5.
(Faro)
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
,Adj.
1.
Divided; cleft.
2.
(Bot.)
Divided deeply; cleft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Split
SPLIT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divide longitudinally or lengthwise; to separate a thing from end to end by force; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber; to split a board. It differs from crack. To crack is to open or partially separate; to split is to separate entirely.2.
To rend; to tear asunder by violence; to burst; as, to split a rock or a sail.Cold winter splits the rocks in twain.
3.
To divide; to part; as, to split a hair. The phrases to split the heart, to split a ray of light, are now inelegant and obsolete, especially the former. The phrase, to split the earth, is not strictly correct.4.
To dash and break on a rock; as, a ship stranded and split.5.
To divide; to break into discord; as a people split into parties.6.
To strain and pain with laughter; as, to split the sides.SPLIT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To burst; to part asunder; to suffer disruption; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. Glass vessels often split when heated too suddenly.2.
To burst with laughter.Each had a gravity would make you split.
3.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. We were driven upon a rock, and the ship immediately split.To split on a rock, to fail; to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.