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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
The atmosphere seemed drawn taut before him as though it must any instant split open upon a sound of crying.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
The Griffin carried off one sheep a day from a German village, till a man came with a "falchion" and split the Griffin open.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLING
The rein was fastened to a piece of split rattan drawn through the animal's nose.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
Then he rubbed the blade of his knife back and forth over this till the edge was sharp enough to split a hair with ease.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
He muttered something about his gray hairs, but came along after an amused glance at Lilac and Konnel.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFE
One of the tallest of the trees was split from near its top almost to the foot of the trunk.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE
They split up into rival factions, each one wanting to set up a government of its own.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
As if to prove that he was a true prophet, the herd split against a rocky pinnacle, and on this we stranded.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
WORDS RELATED TO SPLIT HAIRS
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- niggle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
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