Definition of split

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

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Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..
Hairsplitting :: Hairsplitting (a.) Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
Rift :: Rift (v. i.) To burst open; to split.
Laminable :: Laminable (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip..
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..
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..
Split :: 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-tail :: Split-tail (n.) A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family.
Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..
Tail :: Tail (n.) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To split; to crack.
Split :: Splitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spli.
Skiver :: Skiver (n.) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc..
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Split :: Split (n.) A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division..
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