rift

RIFT, n. [from rive.] A cleft; a fissure; an opening made by riving or splitting.

RIFT, v.t. to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock.

RIFT, v.i.

1. to burst open; to split.

Timber - not apt to rift with ordnance.

2. to belch; to break wind. [Local.]