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- Verb. (transitive, archaic) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
- Verb. (reflexive) To be split or rent asunder.
- Verb. (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
- Verb. In woodworking, a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
- Noun. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
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