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 Split, a.
 1. Divided; cleft.
 2. Bot. Divided deeply; cleft.
 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, 10is a split quotation. (c) London Stock Exchange Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
 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.]
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