Spitfire, a passionate person.
Splash, complexion powder used by ladies to whiten their necks and faces. The finest rice flour, termed in France poudre de riz, is generally employed. See [SLAP].
Splendiferous, sumptuous, first-rate. Splendacious sometimes used with similar meanings.
Splice, to marry; “and the two shall become one flesh.”—Sea. Also, a wife.
Splice the main brace, to take a drink.—Sea.
Split, to inform against one’s companions, to tell tales. “To SPLIT with a person,” to cease acquaintanceship; to quarrel. Also to divide a bottle of aërated water; as, “two brandies and a soda SPLIT;” in which case “to SPLIT with” a person has a very different meaning from that just given.
Split up, long in the legs. Among athletes, a man with good length of limb is said to be “well SPLIT UP.”
Splodger, a lout, an awkward countryman.
Spoffy, a bustling busybody is said to be SPOFFY.