Definition of split

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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..

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Split :: Split (v. i.) To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..
Split :: Split (n.) Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses..
Splotch :: Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards..
Skiving :: Skiving (n.) A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side..
Rive :: Rive (v. i.) To be split or rent asunder.
Skiver :: Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition..
Rend :: Rend (v. i.) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Septicidal :: Septicidal (a.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Split :: Split (v. i.) To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
Slaty :: Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture..
Spitchcock :: Spitchcock (v. t.) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat..
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Unreaved :: Unreaved (a.) Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces..
Splitfeet :: Split (a.) Divided deeply; cleft.
Rift :: Rift (n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..
Kipper :: Kipper (v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking..
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