splitful (splitful)

[ I'll plump or I'll split for them as treat me the handsomest and are the most of what I call gentlemen; that's George Eliot , Felix Holt, xi. my idee. 7. To run or walk with long strides. [Colloq.] -To make (or let) all splitt. See makel. split (split), n. [= MD. splete, D. spleet, a split, rent, G. splei e, a splinter, = Dan. Sw.split Sw. split, a split, rent: see split, v.] 1. A splinter; a fragment; a sliver. = IMG:content-1801.png:[blocks in formation] 2. One of a number of short flat strips of steel, cane, etc., placed in vertical parallel order at small distances from one another in a frame to form the reed of a loom. The threads of the web are pa ed through the splits, which beat up the weft to compact the fabric.-3. An osier, or willow twig, split so as to have one side flat, used in basket-making in certain parts of the work.-4. A lath-like strip of bog-fir used in the rural districts of Ireland as a can dle or torch.-5. pl. In leather- manuf., skins which have been separated into two layers by the cutting-machine.-6. A crack, rent, or longitudinal fi ure.-7. A division or separation, as in a political party; a schism; a breach: as; there is a split in the cabinet. The humiliation of acknowledging a split in their own ranks. Nineteenth Century , XXVI. 749. 8. Same as split stroke. See split, p. a.-9. In printing, a small spindle placed below the carriage of a printing-pre , about which leather belts wind in opposite directions and lead to opposite ends of the carriage. By turning this spindle by a crank attached, the carriage is moved in or out.-10. pl. Among acrobats, the feat of going down on the ground with each leg extended laterally: as, to do the splits. [Slang.] He taught me to put my leg round my neck, and I was just getting along nicely with the splits. when I left him. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 569. 11. An occasion for splitting or dividing that which could otherwise be claimed by o by one per son: thus, in faro, a split occurs when two cards of the same value appear together, and the better loses half of his stake.-12. A split IMG:content-1802.png:[blocks in formation] Split tail (Pogonichthys macro lep i dot us). upper lobe of the caudal fin and its rudimentary rays (whence the synonym P. inæquilobus ). It is of a uniform and somewhat silvery coloration, grows to be a foot long, and inhabits the rivers of California. 2. The pintail duck, Dafi duck, Dafila acuta. See pintail, 1, and cut under Dafila. [Ma achusetts.] splitter (split'er), n. [ Though stout, he was no mean pedestrian; and on he ran at a splitting pace, keeping the hounds still in view, and intent only on seeing as much of the sport as he could. Whyte Melville, White Rose, II. xv.