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split end
noun
, Football.
- an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of split end1
An Americanism dating back to 1950–55
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Example Sentences
The bolt itself screws into a sleeve which is split, and draws a wedge nut up to the split end of the sleeve.
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Put these slips of bacon (one at a time) into the cleft or split end of the larding-pin.
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The pestle is usually made by confining an iron wedge in the split end of a round stick, by means of an iron ring.
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Your comb can rest on two forked-stick supports tacked on the tree, or two split-end sticks.
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A split-end stick may be used for the same purpose by wedging the bacon in between the two sides of the split.
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