[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

split \split\, a.
   1. divided; cleft.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. divided deeply; cleft.
      1913 webster

   3. exchanges
      a divided so as to be done or executed part at one time
          or price and part at another time or price; -- said of
          an order, sale, etc.
      b of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in
          eighths being regular; as, 103/16 is a split
          quotation.
      c london stock exchange designating ordinary stock
          that has been divided into preferred ordinary and
          deferred ordinary.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc.

   split pin mach., a pin with one end split so that it may
      be spread open to secure it in its place.

   split pulley, a parting pulley. see under pulley.

   split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends
      which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be
      strung upon the ring or removed from it.

   split ticket, a ballot in which a voter votes for a portion
      of the candidates nominated by one party, candidates of
      other parties being substituted for those omitted. u.s.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
split pease split pin split pulley pulley split ring split ticket 

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