Hypertext Webster Gateway: "splitting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Split \Split\ (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split}
({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of
Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten,
OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG.
spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice}, {Splint}, {Splinter}.]
1. 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.
Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder
by congealed water. --Boyle.
3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political
party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South.
4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often
used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and
carbonic acid.
{To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
splitting
adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
the crowd surged forward" [syn: {rending}, {ripping}]
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