split n PRATT ~ 1 for sense 1.
1 1984 POWELL 75 In one minute I had the fire going with dry brush and splits. 1986 SAUNDERS 80 Then we cut some fresh fir boughs for our bunks, collected some wood and splits [and] laid out our gear.
2 Comb ~ man, ~ merchant: one who supplies kindling.
1983 Evening Telegram 15 Jan, p. 32 I minds how your mother used to get someone to pay the splitman as she didn't want to be seen mingling with common people. 1892 ibid 7 Oct [She] had formerly been a resident of a new outlying settlement, and defendant had frequently appropriated to her the naughty title of 'Split-merchant.'
