Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slitting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slitting \Slit"ting\,
a. & n. from {Slit}.
{Slitting file}. See Illust.
(i) of {File}.
{Slitting mill}.
(a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow
strips, as nail rods, and the like.
(b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually
by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied
with diamond powder.
{Slitting roller}, one of a pair of rollers furnished with
ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller,
and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.
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.
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