Boat-tail |
A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. |
n. |
Racket-tail |
Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped. |
n. |
Rat-tail |
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. |
a. |
Rat-tail |
An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. |
n. |
Rat-tail |
The California chimaera. See Chimaera. |
n. |
Rat-tail |
Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. |
n. |
Split |
of Split |
imp. & p. p. |
Split |
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. |
v. t. |
Split |
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. |
v. t. |
Split |
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. |
v. t. |
Split |
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. |
v. t. |
Split |
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. |
v. i. |
Split |
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. |
v. i. |
Split |
To separate into parties or factions. |
v. i. |
Split |
To burst with laughter. |
v. i. |
Split |
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. |
v. i. |
Split |
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value. |
v. i. |
Split |
A crack, or longitudinal fissure. |
n. |
Split |
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. |
n. |
Split |
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. |
n. |