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
(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
(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.
