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Search phrase: splitting

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CoriolanusCor V.vi.52.1Splitting the air with noise.Splitting the Ayre with noyse.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.97The splitting rocks cowered in the sinking sands,The splitting Rockes cowr'd in the sinking sands,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.49Than by the tiger; but when the splitting windThen by the Tyger: But, when the splitting winde

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cavilquibble, hair-splitting objection
deafingdeafening, ear-splitting
quilletquibble, equivocation, hair-splitting distinction
splittingcapable of causing ships to be split asunder

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asunder, splittingsplitting
distinction, hair-splittingquillet
ear-splittingdeafing
hair-splitting distinctionquillet
hair-splitting objectioncavil
objection, hair-splittingcavil
splitting asundersplitting

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