splitting knife

A knife used in a machine for splitting leather. splitting-saw, 8. A saw for re-sawing or ripping up. splöre, s. [Etym. doubtful.] A frolic, a riot. ( Scotch.) ( Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. 1.) splotch, 8. [Prob. from spot (q. v.).] A spot, a stain, a daub, a smear. "The leaves were smeared over with stains and splotches."-Mi Braddon: Eleanor's Victory, ch. v. splõtch -ý, a. [Eng. splotch; -p.] Marked with splotches or daubs, daubs. "There were splotchy engravings scattered here and there." - Mi Braddon : Eleanor's Victory , ch. v. splürģe, subst. [A word of imitative origin.] A splash, a bustle, a noise. "The great splurge made by our American cousins when they completed another connection with the Pacific."-London Daily Telegraph. splŭt-těr, v . i. [From sputter (q. v.).] To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. "A Dutchman came into the secretary's office spluttering and making a noise."-Car let on: Memoirs , p. 83.