Defn: A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
SPLIT
Split, a.
1. Divided; cleft.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Divided deeply; cleft. 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 containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. [U.S.]
SPLIT DYNAMOMETER
Split dynamometer. (Elec.)
Defn: An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer.
SPLITFEET
Split"feet`, n. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Fissipedia.
SPLIT INFINITIVE
Split infinitive. (Gram.)