DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
slitting
縱裂縫; 開縫
Slit v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slit or Slitted p. pr. & vb. n. Slitting.]
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.
slit·ting a. & n. from slit.
slitting file. See Illust. (i) of sile.
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.
◄ ►
slit
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"
[also: slitting]