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What's The Definition Of Split?

\Split\, n. 1. (a) (Basketwork) Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; -- usually in pl. (b) (Weaving) Any of the dents of a reed. (c) Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current. 2. Short for {Split shot} or {stroke}. 3. (Gymnastics) 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. [Cant or Slang] 4. 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. [Cant or Slang]
\Split\, a. (Exchanges) (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. (b) Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 103/16 is a split quotation. (c) (London Stock Exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
\Split\ (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice}, {Splint}, {Splinter}.] 1. 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. Cold 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 acid. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
\Split\, v. i. 1. To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. 2. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. The ship splits on the rock. --Shak. 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. 6. (Blackjack) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value. {To split on a rock}, to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.
\Split\, n. A crack, 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. 6. (Finance) 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. 7. (Blackjack) 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. 1. Divided; cleft. 2. (Bot.) Divided deeply; cleft. {Split pease}, hulled pease split for making soup, etc. {Split pin} (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may be spread open to secure it in its place. {Split pulley}, a parting pulley. See under {Pulley}. {Split ring}, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it. {Split ticket}, a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. [U.S.]