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  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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