splint plane (splint plan)

A plane for cutting or riving from a board splints for boxes, blind-slats, etc.; a scale-board plane. E. H. Knight. split (split), v.; pret. and pp. split (sometimes splitted ), ppr. splitting. [Not found in ME. or AS., and prob. of LG. origin: = OFries. split a = MD. D. splijten = MLG. spliten, LG. spliten = MHG. splizen , G. splei en = Dan. splitte , split. Sw. dial. splitta , split, separate, disentangle (cf. Sw. splittra , separate). Connection with spald1 , split, cannot be made out: see spald1. The E. dial. sprit , split, may be a var. of split , or else of Sw. spricka , split. Hence ult. splice , splint , splinter , etc.] I. trans. 1. Το cleave or rend lengthwise; separate or part in two from end to end forcibly or by cutting; rive; cleave. IMG:content-1799.png:[blocks in formation] fish: as, Nova Scotia splits: a trade-name. 13. A division of the air-current in a coalmine.-14. A small or half bottle of aërated [Slang.] Chapman , Homeric Hymn to Hermes, 1. 88. as, to split a rock or a sail. Do't, and thou hast the one half of my heart; Do't not, thou split'st thine own. Shak ., W. T., i. 2. 349. That Man makes me split my Sides with Laughing, he's such a Wag. Steele, Tender Husband, ii. 1. 3. To divide; break into parts. The parish of St. Pancras is split into no le than 21 districts, each district having a separate and independent "Board." Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 187. 4. To cause division or disunion in; separate or cause to separate into parts or parties, as by discord. In states notoriously irreligious, a secret and irresistible power splits their counsels, and smites their most refined policies with frustration and a curse. South. 5. In leather - manuf., to divide (a skin) parallel with one of its surfaces. See splitting - ma chine.-6. In coal - mining, to divide (a current of air pa ing through any part of a mine) so that various districts, as required, shall be supplied. To split hairs. See hairl. To split one's in cases where an elector has more than one to vote for candidates of opposite parties. He calls himself a Whig, yet he'll split votes with a Tory he'll drive with the Debarrys. George Eliot, Felix Holt, xi. =Syn. 1-3. Tear, Cleave, etc. See rend1. II. in trans. 1. To break or part lengthwise; suffer longitudinal division; become divided or cleft: as, timber that splits easily.-2. To part asunder; suffer disruption; burst; break in pieces: as, the sails split in the gale.-3. Figuratively, to burst with laughter. [Colloq.] Each had a gravity would make you split . Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 131. 4. To differ; separate; disagree. We... struck upon the corn-laws, where we split . IMG:content-1800.png:[ocr errors] 5. To divulge secrets; inform upon one's accomplices; betray confidence. [Slang.] I might have got clear off, if I'd split upon her. But I didn't blab it. Dickens, Oliver Twist, xxv. "Well, that's your opinion," said Jack, finishing his brandy. "Perhaps if you knew what it is to love a woman, your opinion would be different. Have another split ? I must be off, then." The Century , XXXVII. 210. A split in the ranks. See rank 2. - Full split. See full i. To run like split, to run very fast. [Colloq.] split (split), p. a. 1. Divided; separated; rent; fractured.-2. In bot., deeply divided into segments; cleft.-3. Opened, dre ed, and cured, as fish: opposed to round. - Split cloth, in surg., a spodomancy 2. A knife used for splitting fish.-3. In dia mond- cutting, a steel blade used by the diamond cleaver.