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slit |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slit \Slit\, obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of {Slide}. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slit \Slit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slit} or {Slitted}; p. pr & vb n. {Slitting}.] [OE. slitten, fr sliten AS st[=i]tan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. sl[=i]zan to split, tear, wear out Icel. st[=i]ta to break, tear, wear out Sw slita, Dan. slide. Cf {Eclat}, {Slate}, n., {Slice}.] 1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps. 2. To cut or make a long fissure in or upon as to slit the ear or the nose. 3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.] And slits the thin-spun life. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slit \Slit\, n. [AS. slite.] A long cut; a narrow opening; as a slit in the ear. {Gill slit}. (Anat.) See {Gill opening}, under {Gill}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slit adj 1: having a long narrow cut; "his poor slit throat" 2: having a narrow opening; "a slit skirt revealed shapely legs"; "a knife with a slitted blade" [syn: {slitted}] n 1: a long narrow opening 2: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {puss}, {pussy}, {nooky}] 3: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {incision}, {scratch}, {notch}, {prick}, {dent}] 4: a narrow fissure v 1: make a clean cut through "slit her throat" [syn: {slice}] 2: cut a slit into "slit the throat of the victim"
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