Split.
1. (Weaving.) One of the flat strips which are arranged in parallel vertical order and form the reed of a loom. The warp-threads pass between the splits or dents. The reed is placed in a swinging frame, called the lay, lathe, or batten, and its office is to beat the weft-thread up to the web to compact the fabric.
2. (Leather.) A thin kind of leather made by splitting a hide into two thicknesses. 3. a. One of the pieces of an osier after quarternary division through the pith by two knives placed at right angles to each other. These splits are shaved, and the flat strip is then a skain. b. A ribbon of wood rived from a tough piece of green timber, such as hickory, white oak, or black ash. Used in making baskets, hurdles, chairbot-toms, and for many other purposes for which osiers are commonly used in places where they are plentiful. See also splint.
