Definition of split

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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..

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Puncheon :: Puncheon (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
Rift :: Rift (v. i.) To burst open; to split.
Welwitschia :: Welwitschia (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments..
Spelt :: Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Spelding :: Spelding (n.) A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.
Pintail :: Pintail (n.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber..
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Flagstone :: Flagstone (n.) A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone..
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..
Skiver :: Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins..
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..
Kipper :: Kipper (v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking..
Throe :: Throe (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Splinterproof :: Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot..
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