In the Republican party, the strife between conservatism and progress was so bitter as to produce a complete split; and the progressives nominated a candidate of their own, preferring, if they could not control the government themselves, to hand it over to the progressive element among the Democrats.

And as we remained thus, an instant, like silly sheep awaiting the butcher, I heard the framework creak and crack, and there ran splits all across the glass.

We found the false stem split, and in one case a hole bored for a long-stem through-bolt which was much too large for the bolt.

"It is good news to at last hear that progress is being made again towards healing the 'split.

I could hear the split and break of heavy timbers; I could see splinters flying over me in a rush of smoke, and the legs of a man go bumping on the beams above.

You boys ain't mentioned a split because it was none of your say and you knew it.

" "When shall I begin?" "We shall need some wood split at once.

Where the wood had separated as it dried, Nakashima had inlaid butterfly keys to prevent the splits from widening.

An hour later they crossed the top of the second mountain and saw far below them a long saddle back split in the middle by a narrow cleft.

Luke Tweezy picked himself up from the floor where he had thrown himself a split second before the shot.

But what I love is the way he treated splits.

To accept Gratton as a partneron a fifty-fifty split of the spoils!

Wut England wants is jest a wedge to fit Where it'll help to widen out our split: She's found her wedge, an' 't ain't for us to come An' lend the beetle thet's to drive it home.

HICKS, ELIAS, an American preacher of the Quaker connection, who adopted Unitarian views and caused a split in the body (1748-1830).