rare. [f. SPLIT v. + -ER5, or ad. G. splittern.] intr. To break into fragments.
1860. Thackeray, Round. Papers, Week’s Holiday. Atlas … would drop the moon … on to the white marble floor, and it would splitter into perdition.
1896. Daily News, 29 April, 7/3. He has been called of God to save Russia from the ‘splittering’ which has filled Europe with rival creeds.
