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In United States law, a split sentence is a sentence under which the defendant serves up to half of his term of imprisonment outside of prison. Martha
Split_sentence
English grammatical construction
produce an awkward or ambiguous sentence. Fowler (1926) stressed that, if a sentence is to be rewritten to remove a split infinitive, this must be done
Split_infinitive
Rules for sentencing convicts in the U.S. federal courts system
States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and
United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines
United_States_Federal_Sentencing_Guidelines
Issue when parsing sentence structure
Sentence boundary disambiguation (SBD), also known as sentence breaking, sentence boundary detection, and sentence segmentation, is the problem in natural
Sentence boundary disambiguation
Sentence_boundary_disambiguation
Horizontal space between sentences in typeset text
Sentence spacing concerns how spaces are inserted between sentences in typeset text and is a matter of typographical convention. Since the introduction
Sentence_spacing
2020 mass shooting in Croatia
2020 a mass shooting (Croatian: Pucnjava u Splitu) occurred in the city of Split in Croatia, when 25 year-old Filip Zavadlav, reportedly a professional sailor
Split_shooting
Feature in the typology of certain languages
In linguistic typology, split ergativity is a feature of certain languages where some constructions use ergative syntax and morphology, but other constructions
Split_ergativity
American legal policy
of the judge. "What Is Shock Probation?". wiseGeek. Split sentence Criminal law of the United States United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines v t e
Shock_probation
Condition of the human brain
Split-brain or callosal syndrome is a type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to
Split-brain
This is a comprehensive discography of Sentenced, a Finnish metal band. Hung, Steffen. "finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal". Finnishcharts.com
Sentenced_discography
Civil disturbance in Alvarado, Texas, US
federal prison sentences between 30 and 70 years, and Song was sentenced to 100 years—the maximum sentences allowable under federal sentencing guidelines
2025 Prairieland ICE detention center incident
2025_Prairieland_ICE_detention_center_incident
2025 murder in Frisco, Texas, U.S.
self-defense. On June 9, 2026, Anthony was found guilty of murder at trial and sentenced to 35 years in prison by the jury. The case was the subject of national
Murder_of_Austin_Metcalf
2022 American double murder
murder. Shirilla was convicted of 12 felony charges and sentenced to two concurrent life sentences, with the possibility of parole after 15 years. As of
Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan
Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan
2023 murder trial in South Carolina, US
with a guilty verdict on all four counts. Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. On May 13, 2026 the
Trial_of_Alex_Murdaugh
Cold War schism between communist states
to avoid the impression of a power struggle within the Eastern Bloc. The split ushered in the Informbiro period of purges within the Communist Party of
Tito–Stalin_split
Indian terrorist
Maninderjeet Singh Bitta, and sentenced to death by hanging by a split decision. The Supreme Court of India commuted his death sentence to life Imprisonment on
Devinder_Pal_Singh_Bhullar
American serial killer case
admitted to an eighth, that of Karen Vergata. In June 2026, Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Heuermann is currently incarcerated
Gilgo_Beach_serial_killings
2024 murder of an American rapper in Florida
female accomplice, Alicia Andrews, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, while the four men – Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright
Murder_of_Julio_Foolio
Traditions of American University
fined $1,000 and was given a three-year "split sentence" of imprisonment. Under the terms of the split sentence, he had to serve six months in jail and
Auburn_University_traditions
American convicted of gambling and extortion
jail sentence with four years and nine months of probation. However, it was discovered by the Appeals Bureau at the D.A.'s office that a split sentence with
Raymond_Márquez
Analysing a string of symbols, according to the rules of a formal grammar
computer science. Traditional sentence parsing is often performed as a method of understanding the exact meaning of a sentence or word, sometimes with the
Parsing
American hotel administrator
Alliegro plead guilty to four felony counts. She would later be sentenced to split sentence consisting of six months' prison and six months' house arrest
Lamar_Sternad
Mental illness with multiple personality states
succeeds, or of diminished capacity, which may reduce the length of a sentence. DID may also affect competency to stand trial. A not guilty by reason
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative_identity_disorder
West Germanic language
of a sentence generally has to be the grammatical subject of the sentence. In cases where the topic is not the grammatical subject of the sentence, it
English_language
Carolina Structured Sentencing Act was adopted and implemented in order to give the judge a specific set of standards to follow when sentencing a person. There
North Carolina Structured Sentencing Act
North_Carolina_Structured_Sentencing_Act
Athletic teams representing Auburn University
a 3-year split sentence, which includes 6 months' incarceration and jail credit for time already served. Upon release, Updyke was sentenced to 5 years'
Auburn_Tigers
American singer (1956–1995)
adult led to a drug trafficking charge in 1988. After a five-year prison sentence, he returned to performing and recording. DeBarge was born to Etterlene
Bobby_DeBarge
American gang leader (born 1950)
was serving six life sentences at the ADX Florence prison facility in Fremont County, Colorado. He was already serving a sentence of 150 to 200 years for
Larry_Hoover
Group of one or more words
used within a sentence, so this means that a phrase can be treated as a unit within a larger structure. For instance, the English sentence "the squirrel
Phrase
Semantic object to which an operator applies
which have been argued to take split scope. The company need fire no employees. On the de re (non-split) reading, this sentence means that there is no employee
Scope_(formal_semantics)
Japanese organized crime (yakuza) group
26, 2008, Tetsuya Shiroo was sentenced to death. However, the Fukuoka High Court revoked the death sentence and sentenced him to life imprisonment on September
Yamaguchi-gumi
Indie rock band from London (2004–2006)
the extent of Leeson's injuries was reported in the news. Briggs was sentenced to eight months in prison on 23 October. Leeson does not remember the
Les_Incompétents
Online sextortion network
motivated by sadism. In 2023, Bradley Cadenhead, the network's founder, was sentenced to 80 years in prison after being convicted of crimes related to the sextortion
764_(organization)
American former neurosurgeon convicted of criminal malpractice (born 1971)
an hour to sentence him to life in prison. On December 10, 2018, the Texas Court of Appeals affirmed Duntsch's conviction by a 2–1 split decision. On
Christopher_Duntsch
Murder of 12-year-old Chinese-Spanish child in 2013
disposing of her body. The parents, who maintained their innocence, were sentenced to eighteen years in prison. Porto died by suicide in prison in November
Murder_of_Asunta_Basterra
American sex offender (1962–2020)
police. While awaiting sentencing, she gave birth to Fualaau's daughter. With the state seeking a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, she reached a plea
Mary_Kay_Letourneau
2020 high-profile mariticide and trial in Florida, U.S.
a firearm, instead of second-degree murder. In December 2024, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Douglas "Doug" Glass Benefield was born on October
Black_Swan_manslaughter_case
Murders by mushroom poisoning in Victoria, Australia
Justice Christopher Beale sentenced her to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years. It was the first sentencing hearing in Victoria to be
Leongatha_mushroom_murders
American convicted murderer (born 1973)
offenders could only receive a death sentence on the basis that the jury's vote for capital punishment was unanimous, or a split jury vote would otherwise result
Stacey_Humphreys
Boston Marathon bomber (born 1993)
Tsarnaev was tried and convicted of 30 counts and was sentenced to death. His death sentence was vacated on appeal in July 2020, but the U.S. Supreme
Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev
American actress (born 1964)
connection with the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. She was sentenced to two months in prison, and was released in December 2020. As the case
Lori_Loughlin
Pornographic website
eventually found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 13 years in prison; he was already serving an 11-year sentence in the Netherlands for similar offending
Motherless.com
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Little Crow at the Battle of Wood Lake. A war crimes trial led by Sibley sentenced 303 Dakota warriors to death; the legal scholar Carol Chomsky described
Abraham_Lincoln
Order of syntactic constituents
identify the sentence as a question. In (B), the first sentence is declarative and provides an answer to the first question in (A). The second sentence emphasizes
Word_order
2019 American disappearance, filicide and multiple murders case
multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole. Chad was also found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death. After her sentencing in Idaho
Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
Vallow–Daybell_doomsday_murders
American serial killer (1943–2021)
offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He pleaded guilty and received two sentences, both twenty-five
Rodney_Alcala
murder of Aquash in 2004 and 2010, respectively. Each is serving a life sentence. By the time of the indictments, Theda Nelson Clarke was being cared for
American Indian Movement of Colorado
American_Indian_Movement_of_Colorado
Member of the Bonnie and Clyde Barrow Gang
and the prosecuting attorney recommended a sentence of 99 years, on October 12 the jury handed down a sentence of fifteen years. In February 1935 Jones
W._D._Jones
British rapper and singer (born 1987)
rumours that the band had split. These rumours began circulating again in August 2011; however, Dappy insisted the band had not split, but were simply taking
Dappy
Polish-American gangster from Cleveland, Ohio
However, when deliberating on the sentence Filkowski should receive, they were split 8-4 in favor of a death sentence, with two men and two women hesitant
Joseph_Filkowski
American sex offender and cult leader (born 1955)
Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona and is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault after two convictions in 2011. The FLDS
Warren_Jeffs
Singaporean drug trafficker
appeal, and by a rare split decision of 3 to 2, the Court of Appeal allowed Roszaidi's appeal and commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment in
Roszaidi_Osman
American musician (born 1970)
residents with his car on October 25, 2006. He was given a 120-day suspended sentence, 20 hours' community service, and a $1,500 fine. In 2015, Durst stated
Fred_Durst
penalty in 27 states (of which two, Oregon and Wyoming, have no inmates sentenced to death), throughout the country at the federal level, and in American
Capital punishment in the United States
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States
Anti-Treaty sub-group of the original IRA
1922 and 1969, in pursuit of a 32-county Irish republic. It arose from a split in the original IRA over the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December
Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
Irish_Republican_Army_(1922–1969)
Terrorist attack in Mumbai in 1993
judicial proceedings, upheld the death sentence against suspected ringleader Yakub Memon while commuting the death sentences of 10 others to life imprisonment
1993_Bombay_bombings
Italian Camorrista and head of the Amato-Pagano clan
"Splinters" of Secondigliano), because their clan was created after their split from the Di Lauro clan. In addition to that name, they are also known as
Raffaele_Amato
1914–1918 global conflict
Serbs, 700 to 2,200 of whom died in prison. A further 460 Serbs were sentenced to death. A predominantly Bosniak special militia known as the Schutzkorps
World_War_I
Canadian serial killer (1949–2024)
second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years—the longest possible sentence for second-degree murder
Robert_Pickton
American actor (born 1984)
(2004), Four Brothers (2005), Eragon (2006), Georgia Rule (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Tron: Legacy (2010), Country Strong (2010), On the Road (2012)
Garrett_Hedlund
Concept in machine learning
can detect the presence of data in a pretraining dataset. It presents a sentence suspected to be present in the pretraining dataset, and computes the log-likelihood
Leakage_(machine_learning)
Country in Southeast Europe
Bosnia is a "Serb land". In fact, the very translation of the critical sentence where the word Bosona (Bosnia) appears is subject to varying interpretation
Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
Australian murderer (1958–2025)
February 1958 – 15 July 2025) was an Australian criminal who served a sentence of life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter
Bradley_John_Murdoch
Indian gangster
After the split, he formed his own gang. Reports of bloody shootouts between Rajan and Dawood's hoodlums have been common since the split. In 1994, Rajan
Chhota_Rajan
International governing body of association football
2015. In another 2015 case, Singapore also imposed a 6-year "harshest sentence ever received for match-fixing" on match-fixer Eric Ding who had bribed
FIFA
Polish Marxist revolutionary (1867–1919)
Russian editions of works by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. A financial split of 50-50 was proposed by Jogiches, which was abruptly rejected by Plekhanov
Leo_Jogiches
American serial killer
who murdered five women between 1994 and 1995. He is serving his prison sentence, life without parole, in Menard Correctional Center, which is operated
Hubert_Geralds
American serial killer (born 1970)
death sentence was overturned by the Florida Supreme Court. The jury that sentenced Durousseau was split 10-2 and the high court declared a split decision
Paul_Durousseau
Country in South America
assassinations and terrorist attacks, and to those who had been tried and sentenced to prison by judges. Cámpora's months-long tenure in government was beset
Argentina
Criminal fraud case
reached a split verdict on January 3, 2022, with Holmes found guilty of criminal fraud on four counts. On November 18, 2022, she was sentenced to 11.25
Trial_of_Elizabeth_Holmes
American actor and comedian (born 1953)
trafficking charges and provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of three to seven years rather than possible life imprisonment. He was
Tim_Allen
American actress (born 1982)
charged with a crime. In October 2008, after pleading guilty, Follieri was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. In early 2007, Hathaway discussed
Anne_Hathaway
Cuban military leader and dissident activist (1918–2014)
prosecution asked for the death sentence. On 15 December, the court found Matos guilty of counter-revolutionary activity and sentenced him to twenty years in prison
Huber_Matos
International tribunal organisation
determined in its sentencing decision that the time since 9 June 2020 is to be deducted from the sentence. Thus, if conviction and sentence stand, Ali Muhammad
International_Criminal_Court
Public personality and martial artist
father until primary school since he was away serving a long-term prison sentence for taking part in various criminal activities. His mother was a stewardess
Kristijan_Golubović
American black metal solo project
Whitehead initially faced a 34-count indictment which carried a 60-year sentence, but the state dropped 28 of the counts before the trial. In 2012, he was
Leviathan_(musical_project)
Italian footballer
September 2015. "Former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro handed 10-month jail sentence". The Guardian. 25 February 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 September
Fabio_Cannavaro
German man in a relationship with his sister
incestuous relationship with each other. Stübing has served several prison sentences for violating German laws prohibiting sexual intercourse between siblings
Cases_of_Stübing_v._Germany
English murderer and former royal dresser (born 1967)
Andrews started her sentence at HM Prison Bullwood Hall in Hockley, Essex. In November 2009, after having served nine years of her sentence, she absconded
Jane_Andrews
Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)
sentence by doing unpaid community service. Three years of his sentence were automatically pardoned under Italian law; because he had been sentenced to
Silvio_Berlusconi
Indian politician
In 1999, he founded the NCP following a split from the Indian National Congress. In July 2023, following a split within the NCP, he now leads the Sharadchandra
Sharad_Pawar
Austrian and American bodybuilder, actor and politician (born 1947)
acts, Schwarzenegger commuted Núñez's sentence by more than half, to seven years. He believed that Núñez's sentence was "excessive" in comparison with the
Arnold_Schwarzenegger
Northern Irish politician and child sex offender (born 1962)
children at the time of the abuse. He was remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing. In the related trial of the facts, the jury found that his wife, Eleanor
Jeffrey_Donaldson
United States Supreme Court case
pointed out that the Courts of Appeals were split on the question of whether non-retroactive sentencing changes may be considered in the "extraordinary
Rutherford_v._United_States
Jamaican-born English serial killer
Angela Best, he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 26 years. The Court of Appeal later increased Johnson's minimum sentence to 30 years. Johnson
Theodore Johnson (serial killer)
Theodore_Johnson_(serial_killer)
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
Ward 1990, p. 272. Coulter 1950, p. 566. James M. McPherson quotes this sentence in Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War (Oxford
American_Civil_War
Christian Identity minister and far-right figure
Temple Memorial Baptist Church, just before Beckwith began serving a prison sentence in Louisiana on charges related to a bombing and the attempted murder of
Buddy_Tucker
2011 American TV series or program
Tupper, who play Haley's parents, were a couple in real life until their split in 2018. Haley Macklin (Jodelle Ferland) is an academically advanced high
Girl_Fight_(film)
2006 Ex-NBA star J.R. Rider sentenced to 7 months in Marin jail AP February 7, 2007 Smith, a Former Celtic, Gets a Split Verdict The New York Times Section
List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes
List_of_professional_sportspeople_convicted_of_crimes
Pattern relating to the subject and object of verbs
word "man". In the first sentence (present continuous tense) the agent is in the nominative case (k'aci ). In the second sentence, which shows ergative alignment
Ergative–absolutive_alignment
American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)
all three were found guilty on all counts. On April 6, 2023, they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Onfroy has RIAA-certified
XXXTentacion
Syntactical occurrence
immediately before its corresponding object; for example, at the end of a sentence. The term preposition stranding was coined in 1964, predated by stranded
Preposition_stranding
English rock band
the heroin really took hold round the making of The Program". The band split up the following year following a mammoth tour of the US, which saw Harding
Marion_(band)
Finnish drummer (born 1973)
Demo 1994 (1994) Cronology of Death (1991) promo split MCD (2005) "Sentenced – the Grave". Sentenced. Archived from the original on 28 November 1999.
Vesa_Ranta
Replacing placeholders in a string with values
BUFFER_SIZE 100 int main() { char sentence[BUFFER_SIZE]; int age = 20; float height = 5.9; char name[] = "Alice"; sprintf(sentence, "My name is %s and I am %d
String_interpolation
2005 double murder in the United States
United States. In 2022, the death sentence of Alan Wade was reversed and changed to life imprisonment. In 2023, the sentence of Tiffany Cole was also reduced
Murder of Carol and Reggie Sumner
Murder_of_Carol_and_Reggie_Sumner
Murder in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
to be equally split between Kousalya and Velusamy, Sankar's father. The case was the second in terms of most number of death sentences in a single case
Udumalai_Shankar_murder_case
American actress (born 1979)
Tommy; Andersson, Eric (May 14, 2026). "Jason Biggs and Wife Jenny Mollen Split After 18 Years of Marriage, Remain on 'Great' Terms (Exclusive)". People
Jenny_Mollen
1973 murder of a family in Georgia, U.S.
came to sentencing, jurors later reported that their votes were split on each of the six murder charges. Most favored imposing a death sentence for Ned
Alday_family_murders
American serial killer (born 1945)
pleading guilty to his crimes months later and given ten consecutive life sentences. Rader is currently incarcerated at the El Dorado Correctional Facility
Dennis_Rader
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Motherly Love; Energetic Sprit
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Solid; Firm; Sharp
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Split Meadow
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Split
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strong, Solid, Firm, Sharp
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, which split more or less evenly into two groups with different etymologies. One set (with examples in Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) is named from the Old English weak dative hēan (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other (with examples in Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire) has Old English hīwan ‘household’, ‘monastery’. Compare Hine as the first element.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Girl/Female
American, Christian, Hebrew, Indian
Narrow Split of Land
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a turnspit, i.e. a servant who turned the spit, from Old French haste ‘(roasting) spit’.A bearer of the name Haste from Paris is documented in Montreal in 1662.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Muslim
Split, Cleavage
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, near Rishton, recorded in 1246 as Kunteclive, from Old English cunte ‘cunt’ + clif ‘slope’, i.e. ‘slope with a slit or crack in it’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clevere ‘one who cleaves’ (a derivative of Old English clēofan ‘to split’), hence an occupational name for someone who split wood into planks using a wedge rather than a saw, or possibly for a butcher.English : topographic name from Middle English cleve ‘bank’, ‘slope’ (from the dative of Old English clif) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Klüver (see Kluver).
Boy/Male
English
From the split meadow.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Momentary; Lord Rama's Ancestor; Spilt-second; Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Momentary; Split Second
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Split Cleavage
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
One who Lives Life Long; Gains Victory Within Splits
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
Girl/Female
Biblical
Hearing, obeying.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Muslim
Quarrdsome
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Woman
Boy/Male
Scandinavian Scottish Teutonic
Archer.
Boy/Male
Indian
Good luck
Boy/Male
Muslim
Male
English
 English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Old English broc, BROOK means "brook, stream."
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Nonviolent Virtue
Boy/Male
Tamil
Victory, One who always win
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
SPLIT SENTENCE
v. t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
imp. & p. p.
of Split
v. t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
n.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
v. t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
v. t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
v. t.
A splint bone.
v. t.
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
v. i.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
n.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
n.
A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
v. i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
a.
Divided; split; partly divided or split.
imp. & p. p.
of Slit
n.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
imp. & p. p.
of Spit
v. t.
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.