Each had a gravity would make you split.
Pope.
5. To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. [Slang]
Thackeray.
6. (Blackjack) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed
when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.
To split on a rock, to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs
frustrated.
Split, n. A crack, or longitudinal fissure.
2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
[Colloq.]
3. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a
fragment.
4. Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by
dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
5. (Faro) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on
which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
6. (Finance) 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.
7. (Blackjack) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into
two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the
same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount
wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus
created.
Split, a. 1. Divided; cleft.