Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slit"
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) 1.7 (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},
{snatch}, {twat}]
3: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {incision},
{scratch}, {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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