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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slash  \Slash\,  n. 
  1.  A  long  cut;  a  cut  made  at  random. 
 
  2.  A  large  slit  in  the  material  of  any  garment,  made  to  show 
  the  lining  through  the  openings. 
 
  3.  [Cf.  {Slashy}.]  pl  Swampy  or  wet  lands  overgrown  with 
  bushes.  [Local,  U.S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slash  \Slash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slashing}.]  [OE.  slaschen  of  uncertain  origin;  cf  OF 
  esclachier  to  break,  esclechier  esclichier  to  break,  and  E. 
  slate,  slice,  slit,  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  cut  by  striking  violently  and  at  random;  to  cut  in  long 
  slits. 
 
  2.  To  lash;  to  ply  the  whip  to  [R.]  --King. 
 
  3.  To  crack  or  snap,  as  a  whip.  [R.]  --Dr.  H.  More 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slash  \Slash\,  v.  i. 
  To  strike  violently  and  at  random,  esp.  with  an  edged 
  instrument;  to  lay  about  one  indiscriminately  with  blows;  to 
  cut  hastily  and  carelessly. 
 
  Hewing  and  slashing  at  their  idle  shades.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slash  \Slash\,  n. 
  A  opening  or  gap  in  a  forest  made  by  wind,  fire,  or  other 
  destructive  agency. 
 
  We  passed  over  the  shoulder  of  a  ridge  and  around  the 
  edge  of  a  fire  slash,  and  then  we  had  the  mountain 
  fairly  before  us  --Henry  Van 
  Dyke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slash 
  n  1:  a  wound  made  by  cutting;  "he  put  a  bandage  over  the  cut" 
  [syn:  {cut},  {gash},  {slice}] 
  2:  an  open  tract  of  land  in  a  forest  that  is  strewn  with  debris 
  from  logging  (or  fire  or  wind) 
  3:  a  punctuation  mark  (/)  used  to  separate  related  items  of 
  information  [syn:  {solidus},  {virgule},  {diagonal},  {stroke}, 
  {separatrix}] 
  4:  a  strong  sweeping  cut  made  with  a  sharp  instrument  [syn:  {gash}, 
  {slashing}] 
  v  1:  cut  with  sweeping  strokes;  as  with  an  ax  or  machete  [syn:  {cut 
  down}] 
  2:  beat  severely  with  a  whip  or  rod;  "The  teacher  often  flogged 
  the  students"  [syn:  {flog},  {welt},  {whip},  {lather},  {lash}, 
  {strap},  {trounce}] 
  3:  cut  open  "she  slashed  her  wrists"  [syn:  {gash}] 
  4:  cut  drastically;  "Prices  were  slashed" 
  5:  beat  about  [syn:  {convulse},  {thresh},  {thresh  about},  {thrash}, 
  {thrash  about},  {toss}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  slash  n.  Common  name  for  the  slant  (`/',  ASCII  0101111) 
  character.  See  {ASCII}  for  other  synonyms. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  slash 
 
  {oblique  stroke}




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